95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5852

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross - Jim Sacia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/5-401.3   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning scrap processors and recyclable metal dealers.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-401.3 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/5-401.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3)
7     Sec. 5-401.3. Scrap processors and recyclable metal
8 dealers required to keep records.
9     (a) Every person licensed or required to be licensed as a
10 scrap processor pursuant to Section 5-301 of this Chapter, and
11 every recyclable metal dealer as defined in Section 1-169.3 of
12 this Code, shall maintain for 3 years, at his established place
13 of business, the the following records relating to the
14 acquisition of scrap metals or the acquisition of a vehicle,
15 junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl which has been acquired for the
16 purpose of processing into a form other than a vehicle, junk
17 vehicle or vehicle cowl which is possessed in the State or
18 brought into this State from another state, territory or
19 country. No scrap metal processor or recyclable metal dealer
20 shall sell a vehicle or essential part, as such, except for
21 engines, transmissions, and powertrains, unless licensed to do
22 so under another provision of this Code. A scrap processor or
23 recyclable metal dealer who is additionally licensed as an

 

 

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1 automotive parts recycler shall not be subject to the record
2 keeping requirements for a scrap processor or recyclable metal
3 dealer when acting as an automotive parts recycler.
4         (1) For a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl
5     acquired from a person who is licensed under this Chapter,
6     the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer shall record
7     the name and address of the person, and the Illinois or
8     out-of-state dealer license number of such person on the
9     scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's weight ticket
10     at the time of the acquisition. The person disposing of the
11     vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl shall furnish the
12     scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer with
13     documentary proof of ownership of the vehicle, junk
14     vehicle, or vehicle cowl in one of the following forms: a
15     Certificate of Title, a Salvage Certificate, a Junking
16     Certificate, a Secretary of State Junking Manifest, a
17     Uniform Invoice, a Certificate of Purchase, or other
18     similar documentary proof of ownership. The scrap
19     processor or recyclable metal dealer shall not acquire a
20     vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl without obtaining one
21     of the aforementioned documentary proofs of ownership.
22         (2) For a vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl
23     acquired from a person who is not licensed under this
24     Chapter, the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer
25     shall verify and record that person's identity by recording
26     the identification of such person from at least 2 sources

 

 

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1     of identification, one of which shall be a driver's license
2     or State Identification Card, on the scrap processor or
3     recyclable metal dealer's weight ticket at the time of the
4     acquisition. The person disposing of the vehicle, junk
5     vehicle, or vehicle cowl shall furnish the scrap processor
6     or recyclable metal dealer with documentary proof of
7     ownership of the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl in
8     one of the following forms: a Certificate of Title, a
9     Salvage Certificate, a Junking Certificate, a Secretary of
10     State Junking Manifest, a Certificate of Purchase, or other
11     similar documentary proof of ownership. The scrap
12     processor or recyclable metal dealer shall not acquire a
13     vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl without obtaining one
14     of the aforementioned documentary proofs of ownership.
15         (3) In addition to the other information required on
16     the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's weight
17     ticket, a scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer who at
18     the time of acquisition of a vehicle, junk vehicle, or
19     vehicle cowl is furnished a Certificate of Title, Salvage
20     Certificate or Certificate of Purchase shall record the
21     vehicle Identification Number on the weight ticket or affix
22     a copy of the Certificate of Title, Salvage Certificate or
23     Certificate of Purchase to the weight ticket and the
24     identification of the person acquiring the information on
25     the behalf of the scrap processor or recyclable metal
26     dealer.

 

 

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1         (4) The scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer
2     shall maintain a copy of a Junk Vehicle Notification
3     relating to any Certificate of Title, Salvage Certificate,
4     Certificate of Purchase or similarly acceptable
5     out-of-state document surrendered to the Secretary of
6     State pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-117.2 of this
7     Code.
8         (5) For scrap metals valued at $100 or more, the scrap
9     processor or recyclable metal dealer shall verify and
10     record the identity of the person from whom the scrap
11     metals were acquired by recording the identification of
12     that person from one source of identification, which shall
13     be a driver's license or State Identification Card, on the
14     scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's weight ticket
15     at the time of the acquisition. The inspection of records
16     pertaining only to scrap metals shall not be counted as an
17     inspection of a premises for purposes of subparagraph (7)
18     of Section 5-403 of this Code.
19         This subdivision (a)(5) does not apply to electrical
20     contractors, to agencies or instrumentalities of the State
21     of Illinois or of the United States, to common carriers, to
22     purchases from persons, firms, or corporations regularly
23     engaged in the business of manufacturing recyclable metal,
24     in the business of selling recyclable metal at retail or
25     wholesale, or in the business of razing, demolishing,
26     destroying, or removing buildings, to the purchase by one

 

 

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1     recyclable metal dealer from another, or the purchase from
2     persons, firms, or corporations engaged in either the
3     generation, transmission, or distribution of electric
4     energy or in telephone, telegraph, and other
5     communications if such common carriers, persons, firms, or
6     corporations at the time of the purchase provide the
7     recyclable metal dealer with a bill of sale or other
8     written evidence of title to the recyclable metal. This
9     subdivision (a)(5) also does not apply to contractual
10     arrangements between dealers.
11     (b) Any licensee or recyclable metal dealer who knowingly
12 fails to record any of the specific information required to be
13 recorded on the weight ticket or who knowingly fails to acquire
14 and maintain for 3 years documentary proof of ownership in one
15 of the prescribed forms shall be guilty of a Class A
16 misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000. Each
17 violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and
18 a separate count may be brought in the same complaint for each
19 violation. Any licensee or recyclable metal dealer who commits
20 a second violation of this Section within two years of a
21 previous conviction of a violation of this Section shall be
22 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
23     (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to an offense
24 brought under paragraph (b) of this Section that the licensee
25 or recyclable metal dealer or person required to be licensed
26 both reasonably and in good faith relied on information

 

 

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1 appearing on a Certificate of Title, a Salvage Certificate, a
2 Junking Certificate, a Secretary of State Manifest, a Secretary
3 of State's Uniform Invoice, a Certificate of Purchase, or other
4 documentary proof of ownership prepared under Section 3-117.1
5 (a) of this Code, relating to the transaction for which the
6 required record was not kept which was supplied to the licensee
7 or recyclable metal dealer by another licensee or recyclable
8 metal dealer or an out-of-state dealer.
9     (d) No later than 15 days prior to going out of business,
10 selling the business, or transferring the ownership of the
11 business, the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer shall
12 notify the Secretary of that fact. Failure to so notify the
13 Secretary of State shall constitute a failure to keep records
14 under this Section.
15     (e) Evidence derived directly or indirectly from the
16 keeping of records required to be kept under this Section shall
17 not be admissible in a prosecution of the licensee or
18 recyclable metal dealer for an alleged violation of Section
19 4-102 (a)(3) of this Code.
20 (Source: P.A. 95-253, eff. 1-1-08.)