Bill Title: Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Provides that within 60 days after the date of notification by the Illinois State Police of acceptable digital standards, every pawnbroker must take a digital image of each customer pledging or pawning any goods, articles, or other things and every item pawned or sold to the pawnbroker. Sets forth definitions for the following: "Automated Pawn System", "point of sale data", and "reportable transaction". Requires every pawnbroker to transmit the point of sale data collected for every reportable transaction electronically from the pawnbroker's computer system to the Illinois State Police Automated Pawn System. Provides that in addition to any other fines and penalties imposed under applicable State and federal laws, a fine of up to $200 may be imposed upon any person who pledges or pawns any stolen goods, articles, or other items to a pawnbroker and is subsequently found guilty of theft. Provides that moneys collected pursuant to the provisions concerning fines shall be deposited into the Automated Pawn System Reporting Fund and used for the purpose of administering and enforcing the Automated Pawn System reporting requirements. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Automated Pawn System Reporting Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose [HB0231 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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