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| 1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Sections 4.1 and 8 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 325/4.1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 4.1. Restricted purchases. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) It is a violation of this Act for any person to sell or | ||||||
| 9 | attempt to sell, or for any recyclable metal dealer to | ||||||
| 10 | purchase or attempt to purchase, any of the following: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) materials that are clearly marked as property | ||||||
| 12 | belonging to a business or someone else other than the | ||||||
| 13 | seller; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) property associated with use by governments, | ||||||
| 15 | utilities, or railroads including, but not limited to, | ||||||
| 16 | guardrails, manhole covers, electric transmission and | ||||||
| 17 | distribution equipment, including transformers, grounding | ||||||
| 18 | straps, wires or poles, historical markers, street signs, | ||||||
| 19 | traffic signs, sewer grates, or any rail, switch | ||||||
| 20 | component, spike, angle bar, tie plate, or bolt of the | ||||||
| 21 | type used in constructing railroad track; | ||||||
| 22 | (3) cemetery plaques or ornaments; or | ||||||
| 23 | (4) any catalytic converter not attached to a motor | ||||||
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| 1 | vehicle at the time of the transaction unless the seller | ||||||
| 2 | is licensed as an automotive parts recycler or scrap | ||||||
| 3 | processor. The following provisions apply to the sale or | ||||||
| 4 | purchase of a catalytic converter: | ||||||
| 5 | (A) An automotive parts recycler or scrap | ||||||
| 6 | processor who purchases or attempts to purchase a | ||||||
| 7 | catalytic converter under this paragraph shall require | ||||||
| 8 | the person selling or attempting to sell a catalytic | ||||||
| 9 | converter to provide a driver's license or other | ||||||
| 10 | government-issued identification showing the person's | ||||||
| 11 | name, date of birth, and photograph. | ||||||
| 12 | (B) An automotive parts recycler or scrap | ||||||
| 13 | processor shall maintain a log documenting the name | ||||||
| 14 | and address of the person selling the catalytic | ||||||
| 15 | converter and the date and time of the transaction. | ||||||
| 16 | The person selling the catalytic converter is required | ||||||
| 17 | to sign such log. The log shall be maintained for not | ||||||
| 18 | less than 4 years and shall be made available for | ||||||
| 19 | inspection and copying by any law enforcement officer | ||||||
| 20 | upon request of that officer. | ||||||
| 21 | (C) No automotive parts recycler or scrap | ||||||
| 22 | processor shall purchase more than 2 catalytic | ||||||
| 23 | converters from a person in a single transaction. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) This Section shall not apply when the seller produces | ||||||
| 25 | written documentation reasonably demonstrating that the seller | ||||||
| 26 | is the owner of the recyclable metal material or is authorized | ||||||
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| 1 | to sell the material on behalf of the owner. The recyclable | ||||||
| 2 | metal dealer shall copy any such documentation and maintain it | ||||||
| 3 | along with the purchase record required by Section 3 of this | ||||||
| 4 | Act.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 97-923, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 328)
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| 7 | Sec. 8. Penalty. Any recyclable metal dealer or other | ||||||
| 8 | person who knowingly fails to comply with this Act is guilty
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| 9 | a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class 4 | ||||||
| 10 | felony for the second or subsequent offense. Each day that any | ||||||
| 11 | recyclable metal dealer so fails to
comply shall constitute a | ||||||
| 12 | separate offense. A recyclable metal dealer or other person | ||||||
| 13 | who fails to comply with paragraph (4) of Section 4.1 shall be | ||||||
| 14 | fined $5,000 in addition to any other penalty imposed by the | ||||||
| 15 | court.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 97-923, eff. 1-1-13.)
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