(A) A person who does any of the following in a store or in its immediate vicinity is guilty of retail fraud in the third degree, a misdemeanor punishable as provided by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of the difference in price, property stolen, or money or property obtained or attempted to be obtained, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine:
(1) While a store is open to the public, alters, transfers, removes and replaces, conceals, or otherwise misrepresents the price at which property is offered for sale, with the intent not to pay for the property or to pay less than the price at which the property is offered for sale, if the resulting difference in price is less than $200.
(2) While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store that is offered for sale at a price of less than $200.
(3) With intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain money or property from the store as a refund or exchange for property that was not paid for and belongs to the store, if the amount of money, or the value of the property, obtained or attempted to be obtained is less than $200.
(B) A person who commits retail fraud in the third degree shall not be prosecuted under M.C.L.A. § 750.360.
(C) The values of the difference in price, property stolen, or money or property obtained or attempted to be obtained in separate incidents pursuant to a scheme or course of conduct within any 12-month period may be aggregated to determine the total value involved in the offense under this section.
(M.C.L.A. § 750.356d) (‘83 Code, § 132.20) (Ord. 89-001, passed 1-16-89; Am. Ord. 99-025, passed 2-28-00) Penalty, see § 130.99