95-26204. Definition of Post Office Burglary  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 54304-54305]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-26204]
    
    
    
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    POSTAL SERVICE
    
    39 CFR Part 233
    
    
    Definition of Post Office Burglary
    
    AGENCY: Postal Service.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: Recent events, including the theft of office equipment from 
    rooms in buildings in which the Postal Service business is conducted, 
    but not post office operations, revealed the need to expand the 
    definition of ``burglary of post office' to include all buildings in 
    which Postal Service business is conducted. Therefore it is necessary 
    to amend the CFR to reflect the revised definition.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1995.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H.J. Bauman, Counsel, Postal 
    Inspection Service, (202) 268-4415.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service offers rewards for 
    information and services leading to the arrest and conviction of 
    perpetrators of postal crimes, including the burglary of a post office. 
    Regulations concerning these rewards are published in 39 CFR 233.2. 
    That section, which contains the text of Postal Service Poster 296, 
    Notice of Reward, defines ``burglary of post office'' as ``breaking 
    into, or attempting to break into, a post office, station, 
    
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    branch, or a building used wholly or partially as a post office with 
    intent to commit a larceny or other depredation in that part used as a 
    post office.''
        Recent events, including the theft of office equipment from rooms 
    in buildings in which Postal Service business is conducted, but not 
    post office operations, revealed the need to expand the definition of 
    ``burglary of post office'' to include all buildings in which Postal 
    Service business is conducted. Therefore it is necessary to amend the 
    CFR to reflect the revised definition.
    
    List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 233
    
        Crime, Law enforcement, Postal Service.
    
        Accordingly, 39 CFR part 233 is amended as set forth below.
    
    PART 233--INSPECTION SERVICE/INSPECTOR GENERAL AUTHORITY
    
        1. The authority citation for part 233 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 410, 411, 
    3005(e)(1); 12 U.S.C. 3401-3422; 18 U.S.C. 981, 1956, 1957, 2254, 
    3061; 21 U.S.C. 881; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. 
    L. No. 95-452, as amended), 5 U.S.C. App. 3.
    
        2. In Sec. 233.2, the note following paragraph (b)(2) is amended by 
    republishing the introductory text and by revising the definition of 
    ``Burglary of Post Office'' to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 233.2  Circulars and rewards.
    
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        (b) * * *
        (1) * * *
        (2) * * *
    
        Note: The text of Postal Service Poster 296, referred to in 
    paragraph (b)(1) of this section, reads as follows:
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        Burglary of Post Office, $10,000. Breaking into, or attempting 
    to break into, a post office, station, branch, building used wholly 
    or partly as a post office, or any building or area in a building 
    where the business of the Postal Service is conducted, with intent 
    to commit a larceny or other depredation therein.
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    Stanley F. Mires,
    Chief Counsel, Legislative.
    [FR Doc. 95-26204 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
10/23/1995
Published:
10/23/1995
Department:
Postal Service
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
95-26204
Dates:
October 23, 1995.
Pages:
54304-54305 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-26204.pdf
CFR: (1)
39 CFR 233.2