Rep. Claire Levy to Offer Compromise Newspaper Theft Measure
Posted: 11/21/2012 | By: Brittany Anas | Boulder Daily Camera
A Boulder legislator says she'll bring forward
legislation to offer a compromise that could satisfy the Colorado Press
Association and those who want to repeal a law that makes it illegal to
steal free newspapers.
Under the current law, anyone who takes more than five copies of a free-distribution newspaper -- like the Colorado Daily newspaper that is available on the University of Colorado campus -- is guilty of newspaper theft if they have the intent of preventing other people from reading that edition.
Under the current law, anyone who takes more than five copies of a free-distribution newspaper -- like the Colorado Daily newspaper that is available on the University of Colorado campus -- is guilty of newspaper theft if they have the intent of preventing other people from reading that edition.