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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0696
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 325/3 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323 |
815 ILCS 325/5 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 325 |
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Amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Requires a recyclable metal dealer to obtain and record certain information for each transaction involving the purchase of metal street signs, including a declaration, signed and dated, by the person or persons from whom the metal street signs were purchased which states that the property subject to the transaction is not stolen property. Contains a provision regarding exemptions, defines the term "metal street sign", and makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law |
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| is amended by changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 325/3) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323)
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| Sec. 3. Records of purchases. Except as provided in Section |
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| 5 of this Act every recyclable metal dealer in this
State shall |
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| enter on forms provided by the Department of State
Police or |
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| such department as may succeed to its functions, for each
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| purchase of recyclable metal valued at $100 or more and for |
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| each transaction involving the purchase of metal street signs |
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| the following
information:
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| 1. The name and address of the recyclable metal dealer;
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| 2. The date and place of each purchase;
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| 3. The name and address of the person or persons from |
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| whom the recyclable metal
or metal street signs were was |
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| purchased, which shall be verified from a valid driver's |
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| license or State Identification Card. The recyclable metal |
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| dealer shall make and record a photocopy or electronic scan |
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| of the driver's license or State Identification Card. If |
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| the person delivering the recyclable metal or metal street |
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| signs does not have a valid driver's license or State |
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| Identification Card, the recyclable metal dealer shall not |
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| complete the transaction;
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| 4. The motor vehicle license number and state of |
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| issuance of the motor vehicle license number of the vehicle |
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| or conveyance on
which the recyclable metal was delivered |
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| to the recyclable metal dealer;
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| 5. A description of the recyclable metal or metal |
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| street signs purchased, including the weight and
whether it |
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| consists of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire
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| scraps, clamps, connectors, other appurtenances, or some |
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| combination
thereof; and .
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| 6. A declaration signed and dated by the person or |
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| persons from whom the recyclable metal or metal street |
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| signs were purchased which states the following: |
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| "I, the undersigned, affirm under penalty of law |
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| that the property that is subject to this transaction |
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| is not to the best of my knowledge stolen property." |
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| For purposes of this Section, "metal street sign" means any |
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| sign displaying the name of the street on which it is located |
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| and all signs, signals, markings, and other devices placed or |
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| erected by authority of a public body or official having |
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| jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or |
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| guiding traffic. |
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| A copy of the completed form shall be kept in a separate |
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| book or
register by the recyclable metal dealer and shall be |
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| retained for a period of 2 years. Such book or register shall |
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| be made available for inspection by any
law enforcement |
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| official or the representatives of common carriers and
persons, |
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| firms, corporations or municipal corporations engaged in |
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| either
the generation, transmission or distribution of |
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| electric energy or engaged
in telephone, telegraph or other |
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| communications, at any time.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-181, eff. 1-1-06; 95-979, eff. 1-2-09.)
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| (815 ILCS 325/5) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 325)
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| Sec. 5. Exemptions. The provisions of Section 3 of this Act |
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| do not apply to
electrical contractors, to agencies or |
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| instrumentalities of the State of
Illinois or of the United |
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| States, to units of local government, their agents or |
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| representatives, that have contracted with the recyclable |
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| metal dealer in the disposal of its metal street signs, to |
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| common carriers or to purchases from
persons, firms or |
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| corporations regularly engaged in the business of
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| manufacturing recyclable metal, the business of selling |
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| recyclable metal at retail or
wholesale, in the business of |
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| razing, demolishing, destroying or removing
buildings, to the |
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| purchase of one recyclable metal dealer from another or the
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| purchase from persons, firms or corporations engaged in either |
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| the
generation, transmission or distribution of electric |
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| energy or in
telephone, telegraph and other communications if |
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| such common carriers,
persons, firms or corporations at the |
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| time of the purchase provide the recyclable metal
dealer with a |