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An Act To Discourage Theft from and Destruction of Vending Machines
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §353, sub-§3  is enacted to read:
 
3.    A person who violates subsection 1 in a case in which the property is a vending machine as defined in Title 22, section 2491, subsection 14 or the contents of a vending machine shall pay a fine of not less than $1,000, which may not be suspended and, notwithstanding section 1323, shall pay restitution to the owner of the vending machine.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §806, sub-§3  is enacted to read:
 
3.    A person who violates subsection 1 in a case in which the property is a vending machine as defined in Title 22, section 2491, subsection 14 or the contents of a vending machine shall pay a fine of not less than $1,000, which may not be suspended and, notwithstanding section 1323, shall pay restitution to the owner of the vending machine.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides a minimum fine of $1,000 for a person who steals or vandalizes a vending machine or the contents of a vending machine and requires that such a person pay restitution to the owner of the vending machine.