If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1967, SB 123, c. 94, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1137, c. 277, § 2, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1823, c. 147, § 4, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 369 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 262, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 397, c. 437, § 7, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2016, HB 2751, c. 221, § 5, eff. November 1, 2016 (superseded document available); Amended by Section 14, State Question 780, Initiative Petition 404, adopted at election held November 8, 2016, effective July 1, 2017 (superseded document available).