A bill relating to crime and law enforcement in the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Act - Title I: Prohibit the Unauthorized Use and Possession of Credit Cards in the District of Columbia - District of Columbia Credit Card Crime Act - Provides criminal penalties for: (1) the purchase of a credit card of another; (2) the illegal possession of a credit card of another; (3) the fraudulent use of a revoked or expired credit card; (4) the fraudulent transfer of a credit card; (5) fraud by a person authorized to provide good or services in connection with the issuer or holder of a credit card; (6) the possession of machinery, plates or other devices designed to reproduce items purporting to be credit cards; and (7) the possession of counterfeit or incomplete credit cards.
Title II: Prohibit Possession of Flash Paper or Water Soluble Paper - Provides criminal penalties for the possession of flash paper or water soluble paper used or to be used in violation of the gambling prohibitions in the District of Columbia.
Title III: Authority to Seize Motor Vehicles Used in Narcotics Violations - Provides that any vehicle, aircraft, or vessel used, or intended for use, in seizure by authorized law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia.
Title IV: Prohibit Possession of a Knife with Unlawful Intent - Extends the provisions of the District of Columbia Code prohibiting possession of a knife longer than three inches with unlawful intent to the possession of any knife with any such intent.
Title V: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the District of Columbia Code.
Title VI: Dangerous or Deadly Weapons - Expands the meaning of the term "Firearm" for purposes of controlling the possession, sale, transfer, and use of dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia.
Title VII: Burglary - Expands the applicability of the burglary laws in the District of Columbia to offices and transportable structures.
Title VIII: Service or Execution of Process on Sunday - States that no writ, process, order, judgment, or decree shall be served or executed on Sundays in the District of Columbia.
Title IX: Obtaining Communication Services by Unlawful Means - Provides criminal penalties for the obtaining of telephone or telegraph services by unlawful means, and for the making, selling, or advertising of devices for use in unlawfully obtaining such information.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.
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