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LB104                                                                                LB104
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                                LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                          ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
                                     FIRST SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 104
        Introduced by Friesen, 34.
        Read first time January 07, 2021
        Committee: Judiciary
   A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; to amend section
       28-519,   Reissue Revised Statutes of   Nebraska;   to provide for
       aggregation of pecuniary losses for criminal mischief violations;
       and to repeal the original section.
   Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB104                                                                                                    LB104
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        Section 1. Section 28-519, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
    amended to read:
        28-519 (1) A person commits criminal mischief if he or she:
        (a) Damages property of another intentionally or recklessly; or
       (b) Intentionally tampers with property of another so as to endanger
   person or property; or
       (c) Intentionally or maliciously causes another to suffer pecuniary
   loss by deception or threat.
       (2)    Criminal mischief is       a Class IV   felony if    the actor
    intentionally or   maliciously causes pecuniary loss of     five thousand
    dollars or more, or a substantial interruption or impairment of public
    communication, transportation, supply of water, gas, or power, or other
    public service.
       (3)    Criminal mischief is    a Class    I    misdemeanor if    the actor
   intentionally or maliciously causes pecuniary loss of one thousand five
   hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars.
       (4)    Criminal mischief is      a Class II    misdemeanor if    the actor
    intentionally or   maliciously causes pecuniary loss of    five hundred
    dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars.
        (5)    Criminal mischief is      a Class III    misdemeanor if    the actor
   intentionally, maliciously, or recklessly causes pecuniary loss in an
    amount of less than five hundred dollars, or if his or her action results
    in no pecuniary loss.
        (6) Pecuniary loss suffered by one or more persons pursuant to one
   scheme or course of conduct may be aggregated in the indictment or
    information in determining the classification of the offense, except that
    amounts may not be aggregated into more than one offense.
        Sec.    2.     Original section         28-519,       Reissue Revised Statutes of
    Nebraska, is repealed.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 28-519