Ordinance No. 87-54 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 87-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 7.24 RELATING
TO THEFT.
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Oregon has enacted laws
amending the Oregon Revised Statutes regarding the crime of theft,
and
WHEREAS, the Tigard City Council desires to conform the City's
municipal code to the state's categorization of criminal theft
activity and to adopt the same penalties provided therefor,
MlY� _T=Y OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . Section 7.24.040 shall be amended to read as
follows, with language to be deleted in brackets and
language to be added underlined:
(2) The total value of the proper,., in a single or
s.
aggregate transaction is [under two hundred dollars]
fifty dollars or more but is under two hundred
dollars in a case of theft by receiving and under
five hundred dollars in any other case.
Section 2 . Chapter 7.24 of the Tigard municipal code shall be
amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
Theft -- In the third degree. (a) A person commits
the crime of "theft in the third degree" if, by
other than extortion, he:
(1) Cowrn is theft as defined in Sections
7.24.030; and
(2) The total value of the property in a
single or aggregate transaction is under
fifty dollars.
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q (b) Theft in the third u'egree 3a a C1avC G
misdemeanor.
PASSED: By_j� n�_v� '� w.nI L� vote of all Council members present
after being read by number and title only, this �+
day o_fCiT 1987.
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t orLen R. Wilson, City Recorder
APPROVED: This _day ofV 1.m. V_ 1987.
Tom Brian, Mayor
Ap oved as to form:
City Attorney' Office
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