Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that establishes the Organized Retail Theft Task Force within the Organized Crime Investigations Commission to investigate retail theft activity, including cargo theft and any complaint received involving retail theft in Ohio.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Organized Retail Theft Task Force within the Organized Crime Investigations Commission to investigate retail theft activity, including cargo theft and any complaint received involving retail theft in Ohio greater than $7,500 (Sec. 1).

• Defines “cargo theft” as the unlawful taking of any cargo including goods, chattels, money, or baggage that constitutes a commercial shipment of freight moving in any of the following (Sec. 1):

• Commerce;

• A pipeline system;

• A railroad car;

• A motor truck or other vehicle;

• A tank or storage facility;

• A station house, platform, or depot;

• A vessel or wharf;

• An aircraft, airport terminal, airport, aircraft terminal, or air navigation facility; or 

• An intermodal container, intermodal chassis, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, freight distribution facility, or freight consolidation facility.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Organized Retail Theft Task Force within the Organized Crime Investigations Commission to investigate retail theft activity, including cargo theft and any complaint received involving retail theft in Ohio.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Organized Retail Theft Task Force within the Organized Crime Investigations Commission to investigate retail theft activity, including cargo theft and any complaint received involving retail theft in Ohio greater than $7,500 (Sec. 1).

• Defines “cargo theft” as the unlawful taking of any cargo including goods, chattels, money, or baggage that constitutes a commercial shipment of freight moving in any of the following (Sec. 1):

• Commerce;

• A pipeline system;

• A railroad car;

• A motor truck or other vehicle;

• A tank or storage facility;

• A station house, platform, or depot;

• A vessel or wharf;

• An aircraft, airport terminal, airport, aircraft terminal, or air navigation facility; or 

• An intermodal container, intermodal chassis, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, freight distribution facility, or freight consolidation facility.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text