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“ALEC”
NEWShas long been a
secretive collaboration
between
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Business and
Model
“conservative” politicians.
Civil Justice
Behind closed doors, they
ghostwrite
“model”
bills to
Commerce,
Insurance,
and Economic
be introduced
in state
Development
capitols
across the country.
This agenda--underwritten
Education
by global corporations-includes
majorEnvironment,
tax
Energy,
and Agriculture
loopholes
for big industries
and the super rich,
Federal Relations
proposals to offshore U.S.
jobs and
gut and
minimum
Health
Human
wage,Services
and efforts to
weaken public health,
International Relations
safety, and environmental
protections.
Public Although
Safety andmany
Elections
of these
bills have become
law, until now, their origin
Tax and Fiscal Policy
has been largely unknown.
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MODEL
LEGISLATION
Business
has “a VOICETASK
and aFORCES
VOTE,”

Model Legislation

Public Safety and Elections

Did you know the

NRA--the
Theft Using Emergency Exit to Avoid Apprehension or Detection Act National Rifle
Association--was

Summary

the corporate co-

This act creates additional penalties for someone who commits a theft by use of a
designated emergency exit.

chair in 2011?

Model Bill
Section 1. {Short Title} This act shall be known as the Theft Using Emergency Exit
to Avoid Apprehension or Detection Act.

Section 2. {Definitions}

A. “Theft” For purpose of this act, theft shall be defined as {insert appropriate state
statute}.
B. “Theft by Emergency Exit” For purpose of this act, theft by emergency exit shall be
defined as committing a theft by using a designated emergency exit to avoid
apprehension or detection.

Section 3. {Penalties} A person who commits theft by emergency exit shall be
charged one degree higher than the applicable theft penalty.

Section 4. {Severability clause}
Section 5. {Repealer clause}
Section 6. {Effective Date}
Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the Annual Meeting August 9,
2002. Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors September, 2002.

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This is part of a set of bills, favored by corporations, designed to increase criminal penalties for retail theft. This bill creates additional
penalties when a person uses an emergency exit in the course of committing a theft, which seems to serve few public safety or
public interest goals. This would benefit large retailers such as Wal-Mart, which sits on the ALEC Private Sector board.