BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(K) "SLUG" MEANS AN OBJECT OR ARTICLE WHICH, BY
VIRTUE OF ITS SIZE, SHAPE, OR ANY OTHER QUALITY, IS CAPABLE
OF BEING INSERTED OR DEPOSITED IN A COIN MACHINE AS AN
IMPROPER SUBSTITUTE FOR A COIN, BILL, OR TOKEN REQUIRED FOR
THE OPERATION OF THE MACHINE.

(I) (1) "VALUE" MEANS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY OR SERVICE AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CRIME, OR
IF THE MARKET VALUE CANNOT BE SATISFACTORILY ASCERTAINED,
THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN A
REASONABLE TIME AFTER THE CRIME.

(2)    WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED OR
DELIVERED, CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS, NOT INCLUDING THOSE
HAVING A READILY ASCERTAINABLE MARKET VALUE, SHALL BE
EVALUATED AS FOLLOWS:

(I)    THE VALUE OF AN INSTRUMENT
CONSTITUTING AN EVIDENCE OF DEBT, SUCH AS A CHECK, DRAFT, OR
PROMISSORY NOTE, SHALL BE DETERMINED AS THE AMOUNT DUE OR
COLLECTIBLE THEREON OR THEREBY, THIS FIGURE ORDINARILY BEING
THE FACE AMOUNT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS LESS ANY PORTION THEREOF
WHICH HAS BEEN SATISFIED.

(II)   THE VALUE OF ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT
WHICH CREATES, RELEASES, DISCHARGES, OR OTHERWISE AFFECTS
ANY VALUABLE LEGAL RIGHT, PRIVILEGE, OR OBLIGATION SHALL BE
DETERMINED AS THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC LOSS WHICH THE OWNER OF
THE INSTRUMENT MIGHT REASONABLY SUFFER BY VIRTUE OF THE LOSS
OF THE INSTRUMENT.

(3)    THE VALUE OF A TRADE SECRET WHICH DOES NOT
HAVE A READILY ASCERTAINABLE MARKET VALUE SHALL BE DEEMED
ANY REASONABLE VALUE REPRESENTING THE DAMAGE TO THE OWNER
SUFFERED BY REASON OF LOSING AN ADVANTAGE OVER THOSE WHO DO
NOT KNOW OF OR USE THE TRADE SECRET.

(4)    WHEN IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED IF THE VALUE
OF THE PROPERTY OR SERVICE IS MORE OR LESS THAN $300 BY THE
STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBSECTION, ITS VALUE SHALL BE
DETERMINED TO BE AN AMOUNT LESS THAN $300.

(5)    WHEN THEFT IS COMMITTED IN VIOLATION OF
THIS SUBHEADING PURSUANT TO ONE SCHEME OR CONTINUING COURSE
OR CONDUCT, WHETHER FROM THE SAME OR SEVERAL SOURCES, THE
CONDUCT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OFFENSE AND THE VALUE OF
THE PROPERTY OR SERVICES AGGREGATED IN DETERMINING WHETHER
THE THEFT IS A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR.

341. CONSOLIDATION OF THEFT OFFENSES.

CONDUCT DESIGNATED AS THEFT IN THIS SUBHEADING
CONSTITUTES A SINGLE CRIME EMBRACING, AMONG OTHERS, THE
SEPARATE CRIMES HERETOFORE KNOWN AS LARCENY, LARCENY BY
TRICK, LARCENY AFTER TRUST, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES,
SHOPLIFTING, AND RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. AN ACCUSATION
OF THEFT MAY BE PROVED BY EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS COMMITTED IN
ANY MANNER THAT WOULD BE THEFT UNDER THIS SUBHEADING,