HB0272 - Tennessee: Sentencing

Companion Bill SB1671. Sentencing - Increases the penalty for the offense of tampering with a mailbox from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0272 / SB1671Increase State Expenditures - $72,500 / Incarceration* Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0272 / SB1671 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by at least 25 hours of community service work, for any person to: (1) Knowingly damage, destroy, remove or otherwise tamper with a residential mailbox; or (2) Knowingly damage or deface real or personal property of the state, or a subdivision thereof, by the painting or other permanent application of graffiti directly onto the property. This bill increases the criminal classification for mailbox [...]

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