Bill Amendment: IL SB0066 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SMART PHONE ANTI-THEFT
Status: 2015-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0327 [SB0066 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0066-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SMART PHONE ANTI-THEFT
Status: 2015-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0327 [SB0066 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0066-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 66
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 66 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Resale Dealers Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 398/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: | ||||||
8 | "Appropriate law enforcement official" means the sheriff | ||||||
9 | of the county where a resale dealer is located or, if the | ||||||
10 | resale dealer is located within a municipality, the police | ||||||
11 | chief of the municipality, provided, however, that the sheriff | ||||||
12 | or police chief may designate an appropriate official of the | ||||||
13 | county or municipality as applicable. | ||||||
14 | "Precious metals" means any item containing gold, silver, | ||||||
15 | platinum, palladium, or rhodium or any combination of gold, | ||||||
16 | silver, platinum, palladium, or rhodium. "Precious metals" do |
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1 | not include items containing any chemical or any automotive, | ||||||
2 | photographic, electrical, medical or dental materials, or | ||||||
3 | electronic parts, except for those containing precious metals. | ||||||
4 | "Recyclable metal" means items made of copper, brass, or | ||||||
5 | aluminum. | ||||||
6 | "Repair and refurbishment program" means a program, | ||||||
7 | offered by a wireless telephone service provider, | ||||||
8 | manufacturer, or retailer who is not primarily engaged in | ||||||
9 | purchasing personal property of any type from a person who is | ||||||
10 | not a wholesaler, through which used or previously owned | ||||||
11 | wireless communications devices are restored to good working | ||||||
12 | order. | ||||||
13 | "Resale dealer" means any individual, firm, corporation, | ||||||
14 | or partnership engaged in the business of operating a business | ||||||
15 | for profit, which buys, sells, possesses on consignment for | ||||||
16 | sale, or trades jewelry, stamps, electronic equipment, | ||||||
17 | including wireless communication devices, or any precious | ||||||
18 | metals that have been previously owned by a consumer. The term | ||||||
19 | "resale dealer" includes without limitation : | ||||||
20 | (1) businesses commonly known as swapshop operators, | ||||||
21 | cash for gold operators, and jewelers that purchase and | ||||||
22 | resell items from persons other than dealers possessing a | ||||||
23 | federal employee identification number and suppliers and | ||||||
24 | engage in disassembling for
purposes other than | ||||||
25 | appraisals, melting, or otherwise altering jewelry ; or . | ||||||
26 | (2) any individual, partnership, limited partnership, |
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1 | limited liability company, corporation, or other entity | ||||||
2 | engaged in the business of buying or selling used wireless | ||||||
3 | communication devices. This paragraph (2) does not include | ||||||
4 | a wireless telephone service provider or retailer who has | ||||||
5 | 25 or more locations in this State who acquires wireless | ||||||
6 | communications devices as part of a trade-in or a repair | ||||||
7 | and refurbishment program or a business engaged in | ||||||
8 | manufacturing wireless communications devices who acquires | ||||||
9 | the devices as part of a trade-in program. | ||||||
10 | The term "resale dealer" does not include pawnbrokers, coin | ||||||
11 | dealers, providers of commercial mobile services as defined in | ||||||
12 | 47 U.S.C. 332(d) or their authorized dealers, or retail | ||||||
13 | merchants that do not purchase previously owned items directly | ||||||
14 | from the public at the retail location. The fact that any | ||||||
15 | business does any of the following acts shall be prima facie | ||||||
16 | proof that such business is a resale dealer: (i) advertises in | ||||||
17 | any fashion, including through media advertisements, websites, | ||||||
18 | telephone listings, or signs on the exterior or interior of | ||||||
19 | buildings, that it buys or sells used items and (ii) devotes a | ||||||
20 | significant segment or section of the business premises to the | ||||||
21 | purchase or sale of used items.
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22 | "Trade-in program" means a program offered by a wireless | ||||||
23 | telephone service provider, manufacturer, or retailer who is | ||||||
24 | not primarily engaged in purchasing personal property of any | ||||||
25 | type from a person who is not a wholesaler, pursuant to which | ||||||
26 | used wireless communications devices are accepted from |
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1 | customers for trade-in when purchasing a new device or in | ||||||
2 | exchange for a noncash credit usable only for the purchase of | ||||||
3 | goods or services from the wireless telephone service provider, | ||||||
4 | manufacturer, or retailer or a rebate from a manufacturer on | ||||||
5 | the purchase of one of the manufacturer's wireless | ||||||
6 | communications devices. | ||||||
7 | "Wireless communications device" means a hand-held | ||||||
8 | cellular phone or other hand-held mobile device that (1) is | ||||||
9 | built on a smart phone mobile operating system; (2) possesses | ||||||
10 | advanced computing capability; (3) enables the user to engage | ||||||
11 | in voice communications via commercial mobile radio service, as | ||||||
12 | defined in 47 CFR 20.3; and (4) is capable of operating on a | ||||||
13 | long-term evolution network and successor wireless data | ||||||
14 | network communication standards. Capabilities a wireless | ||||||
15 | communications device may possess include, but are not limited | ||||||
16 | to, built-in applications, Internet access, digital voice | ||||||
17 | service, text messaging, email, and web browsing. "Wireless | ||||||
18 | communications device" does not include a phone commonly | ||||||
19 | referred to as a feature or message phone, a laptop computer, | ||||||
20 | tablet device, or a device that has only electronic reading | ||||||
21 | capability. | ||||||
22 | "Wireless telephone service provider" means a provider of | ||||||
23 | wireless telephone services and its authorized dealers, | ||||||
24 | distributors, and agents. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 98-1096, eff. 1-1-15 .)".
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