As Amended
SEC. 97-17-68. Coin operated devices; description of offenses and imposition of penalties.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person: (a) to willfully open, enter, remove, break into, tamper with or damage any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services with the intent to commit a larceny therefrom; (b) to possess a key or device designed and intended by him to aid in the commission of larceny from any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services; (c) to possess a drawing, print or mold of a key or device designed and intended by him to aid in the commission of larceny from any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services; or (d) to break into or enter any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services with the intent to steal therefrom.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished upon the first conviction by imprisonment in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not more than thirty (30) days, or by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon any subsequent conviction, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SOURCES: Laws, 1974, ch. 356, Secs. 1, 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 14, 1974).