Bill Amendment: WV SB626 | 2021 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters
Status: 2021-05-24 - Chapter 86, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 [SB626 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-SB626-SB626_H_GO_AMT_1_4-1.html
SB626 H GO AMT #1 4-1
The Committee on Government Organization moved to amend the title by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com. Sub for Senate Bill 626--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3-49 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-3-49c, all relating to the purchase and possession of certain scrap metal; updating the regulation of the purchase of automobile catalytic converters; requiring certain evidence and documentation from a seller of an automobile catalytic converter; placing restrictions on the payment for automobile catalytic converters; placing restrictions on the sale or transfer of an automobile catalytic converter by a scrap metal dealer; requiring scrap metal dealer to make a good faith effort to record identifying information on a catalytic convertor; creating the criminal offense of possession of a catalytic converter without proof of ownership or authority to possess; requiring that persons charged with possession of a single catalytic convertor are to be charged by citation and not be subject to arrest; establishing an absolute defense to the criminal action; creating the criminal offense of a person making an internet-based ad soliciting the sale or purchase of a catalytic converter under certain conditions; and establishing criminal penalties.
