Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "organized retail crime act".
Michigan · statute · 455 of 2012, Mich. Comp. Laws · 7 active provisions
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "organized retail crime act".
It is the intent of the legislature to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the state by recognizing the negative impact of persons who engage in planned, organized, and methodical theft of retail merchandise for resale in unregulated retail commerce, including, but not limited to, medicati…
As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the organized retail crime advisory board created under section 6. (b) "Department" means the department of state police. (c) "Organized retail crime" means the theft of retail merchandise from a retail merchant with the intent or purpose of reselling, distributing, or otherwise r…
(1) A person is guilty of organized retail crime when that person, alone or in association with another person, does any of the following: (a) Knowingly commits an organized retail crime. (b) Organizes, supervises, finances, or otherwise manages or assists another person in committing an organized retail crime. (c) Rem…
This act does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any violation of law arising out of the same criminal transaction that violates this act.
(1) There is created within the department of state police an organized retail crime advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members: (a) One member who is a county prosecuting attorney or an assistant county prosecuting attorney. (b) One member who is a representative of a city, village, or township p…
This act shall be administered by the director of the department.