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. (a) Every person who violates Section 459, punishable as a
second-degree burglary pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 461,
during and within an affected county in a "state of emergency" or a
"local emergency" resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot, or
other natural or manmade disaster shall be guilty of the crime of
looting, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for one year or
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. Any person convicted
under this subdivision who is eligible for probation and who is
granted probation shall, as a condition thereof, be confined in a
county jail for at least 180 days, except that the court may, in the
case where the interest of justice would best be served, reduce or
eliminate that mandatory jail sentence, if the court specifies on the
record and enters into the minutes the circumstances indicating that
the interest of justice would best be served by that disposition. In
addition to whatever custody is ordered, the court, in its
discretion, may require any person granted probation following
conviction under this subdivision to serve up to 240 hours of
community service in any program deemed appropriate by the court,
including any program created to rebuild the community.
For purposes of this section, the fact that the structure entered
has been damaged by the earthquake, fire, flood, or other natural or
manmade disaster shall not, in and of itself, preclude conviction.
(b) Every person who commits the crime of grand theft, as defined
in Section 487 or subdivision (a) of Section 487a, except grand theft
of a firearm, during and within an affected county in a "state of
emergency" or a "local emergency" resulting from an earthquake, fire,
flood, riot, or other natural or unnatural disaster shall be guilty
of the crime of looting, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail
for one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. Every
person who commits the crime of grand theft of a firearm, as defined
in Section 487, during and within an affected county in a "state of
emergency" or a "local emergency" resulting from an earthquake, fire,
flood, riot, or other natural or unnatural disaster shall be guilty
of the crime of looting, punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison, as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 489. Any person
convicted under this subdivision who is eligible for probation and
who is granted probation shall, as a condition thereof, be confined
in a county jail for at least 180 days, except that the court may, in
the case where the interest of justice would best be served, reduce
or eliminate that mandatory jail sentence, if the court specifies on
the record and enters into the minutes the circumstances indicating
that the interest of justice would best be served by that
disposition. In addition to whatever custody is ordered, the court,
in its discretion, may require any person granted probation following
conviction under this subdivision to serve up to 160 hours of
community service in any program deemed appropriate by the court,
including any program created to rebuild the community.
(c) Every person who commits the crime of petty theft, as defined
in Section 488, during and within an affected county in a "state of
emergency" or a "local emergency" resulting from an earthquake, fire,
flood, riot, or other natural or manmade disaster shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for six
months. Any person convicted under this subdivision who is eligible
for probation and who is granted probation shall, as a condition
thereof, be confined in a county jail for at least 90 days, except
that the court may, in the case where the interest of justice would
best be served, reduce or eliminate that mandatory minimum jail
sentence, if the court specifies on the record and enters into the
minutes the circumstances indicating that the interest of justice
would best be served by that disposition. In addition to whatever
custody is ordered, the court, in its discretion, may require any
person granted probation following conviction under this subdivision
to serve up to 80 hours of community service in any program deemed
appropriate by the court, including any program created to rebuild
the community.
(d) (1) For purposes of this section, "state of emergency" means
conditions which, by reason of their magnitude, are, or are likely to
be, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and
facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require
the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat.
(2) For purposes of this section, "local emergency" means
conditions which, by reason of their magnitude, are, or are likely to
be, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and
facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require
the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat.
(3) For purposes of this section, a "state of emergency" shall
exist from the time of the proclamation of the condition of the
emergency until terminated pursuant to Section 8629 of the Government
Code. For purposes of this section only, a "local emergency" shall
exist from the time of the proclamation of the condition of the
emergency by the local governing body until terminated pursuant to
Section 8630 of the Government Code.
(4) Consensual entry into a commercial structure with the intent
to commit a violation of Section 470, 476, 476a, 484f, or 484g of the
Penal Code, shall not be charged as a violation under this section.