Grand theft.

Under existing law, every person who feloniously steals, takes, carries, leads, or drives away the personal property of another, or who fraudulently appropriates the property which has been entrusted to him or her, among other things, is guilty of theft. Under existing law, grand theft is generally theft committed when the money, labor, or real or personal property taken is of a value exceeding $950, or when certain kinds of property are taken. Under existing law, grand theft is committed when the property taken is a horse, mare, gelding, any bovine animal, any caprine animal, mule, jack, jenny, sheep, lamb, hog, sow, boar, gilt, barrow, or pig, or if a person steals the carcass or portion of the carcass of any bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or suine animal, or of any mule, jack, or jenny. Under existing law, grand theft is punishable either as a felony or a misdemeanor. This bill would make grand theft of the above-specified animals punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. The bill would require the proceeds of the fine to be allocated to the Bureau of Livestock Identification to be used upon appropriation for specified purposes. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive, and conforming changes.