Rep. Claire Levy to Offer Compromise Newspaper Theft Measure

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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.































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