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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS <br /> BILL NO. 7741 ORDINANCE N0. 5537 <br /> AN ORDINANCE,AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF <br /> THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, RELATING TO OFFENSES - <br /> MISCELLANEOUS BY REPEALING SECTION 23-32.2 THEREOF, AS <br /> AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 5139, ENACTED JANUARY 22, 1979, <br /> RELATING TO STEALING UNDER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS <br /> PROHIBITED, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO <br /> BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 23-32.2. STEALING UNDER ONE HUNDRED <br /> AND FIFTY DOLLARS PROHIBITED"; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE <br /> AND PROVIDIING A PENALTY. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, <br /> MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> Section 1. Chapter 23 of the Municipal Code of the City of <br /> University City relating to Offenses - Miscellaneous is hereby amended by <br /> i <br /> repealing Section 23-32.2 thereof, as amended by Ordinance No. 5139, enacted <br /> January 22, 1979, relating to stealing under one hundred and fifty dollars <br /> prohibited, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as "Section <br /> 23-32.2. Stealing under One Hundred and Fifty Dollars prohibited," relating <br /> to the same subject, and re-enacting said section so that said section, as so <br /> amended, shall read as follows: <br /> Sec. 23-32.2. Stealing under one hundred and fifty dollars prohibited. <br /> It shall be unlawful for any person to steal property having a value <br /> of less than one hundred and fifty dollars. As used in this section <br /> the word "steal", with respect to property, shall mean to appropriate <br /> by exercising dominion over property in a manner inconsistent with the <br /> rights of the owner, either by taking, obtaining, using, transferring, <br /> concealing or retaining possession of the property. The word "steal", <br /> with respect to services, shall mean to solicit and receive the rendi- <br /> tion of services by an individual or corporation in the business of <br /> rendering such services with the intent of not compensating for such <br /> services, including, but not limited to, the avoidance of payment by <br /> deception. <br /> S <br /> Section 2. This ordinance shall not be construed so as to relieve <br /> f <br /> any person, firm or corporation from any penalty heretofore incurred by the <br /> violation of Section 23-32.2, nor bar the prosecution for any such violation. <br /> Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the <br /> provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to <br /> the penalty provided in Chapter 1, Section 1-8 of the Municipal Code of the <br /> City of University City. <br /> Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from <br /> and after its passage as provided by law. <br /> PASSED this 2nd day of June , 1986. <br /> MAYOR <br /> ATTEST: PRO TEM <br /> CITY CLERK ' <br /> CERTIFIED TO BE CORRECT AS TO FORM: <br /> CITY ATTO EY <br />