Bill Title: Amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Provides that all purchases of recyclable metal must be recorded as provided in the Act, instead of only purchases of recyclable metal with a minimum value of $100. Provides that recyclable metal dealers must retain transaction records for 3 instead of 2 years. Requires dealers to ask about where the recyclable metal was obtained. Requires a recyclable metal dealer that suspects property in his or her possession to be lost or stolen to immediately notify local law enforcement. Restricts the purchase and sale of specific materials without documentation of ownership. Provides that recyclable metal dealers cannot pay cash, nor make payment at the time of the transaction, for specified metals. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a recyclable metal dealer to purchase or attempt to purchase recyclable metal from persons convicted of specified felonies, when the dealer has been informed of such convictions by law enforcement. Provides that any person, in addition to a recyclable metal dealer, who knowingly fails to comply with the Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for the second or subsequent offense.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 41-24)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0923 [HB3825 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2012-05-30	117	0	0	0	117	Passed	Link	View
House	Concurrence in House	2012-05-30	117	0	0	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-05-24	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2012-03-27	114	0	0	1	115	Passed	Link	View

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