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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 Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 325/3) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323)
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7 | Sec. 3. Records of purchases. Except as provided in Section | ||||||
8 | 5 of this Act every recyclable metal dealer in this
State shall | ||||||
9 | enter on forms provided by the Department of State
Police or | ||||||
10 | such department as may succeed to its functions, for each
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11 | purchase of recyclable metal valued at $100 or more and for | ||||||
12 | each transaction involving the purchase of metal street signs | ||||||
13 | or recyclable metal containing copper the following
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14 | information:
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15 | 1. The name and address of the recyclable metal dealer;
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16 | 2. The date and place of each purchase;
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17 | 3. The name and address of the person or persons from | ||||||
18 | whom the recyclable metal
or metal street signs were | ||||||
19 | purchased, which shall be verified from a valid driver's | ||||||
20 | license or State Identification Card. The recyclable metal | ||||||
21 | dealer shall make and record a photocopy or electronic scan | ||||||
22 | of the driver's license or State Identification Card. If | ||||||
23 | the person delivering the recyclable metal or metal street |
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1 | signs does not have a valid driver's license or State | ||||||
2 | Identification Card, the recyclable metal dealer shall not | ||||||
3 | complete the transaction;
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4 | 4. The motor vehicle license number and state of | ||||||
5 | issuance of the motor vehicle license number of the vehicle | ||||||
6 | or conveyance on
which the recyclable metal was delivered | ||||||
7 | to the recyclable metal dealer;
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8 | 5. A description of the recyclable metal or metal | ||||||
9 | street signs purchased, including the weight and
whether it | ||||||
10 | consists of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire
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11 | scraps, clamps, connectors, other appurtenances, or some | ||||||
12 | combination
thereof; and
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13 | 6. A declaration signed and dated by the person or | ||||||
14 | persons from whom the recyclable metal or metal street | ||||||
15 | signs were purchased which states the following: | ||||||
16 | "I, the undersigned, affirm under penalty of law | ||||||
17 | that the property that is subject to this transaction | ||||||
18 | is not to the best of my knowledge stolen property." | ||||||
19 | For purposes of this Section, "metal street sign" means any | ||||||
20 | sign displaying the name of the street on which it is located | ||||||
21 | and all signs, signals, markings, and other devices placed or | ||||||
22 | erected by authority of a public body or official having | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or | ||||||
24 | guiding traffic. | ||||||
25 | A copy of the completed form shall be kept in a separate | ||||||
26 | book or
register by the recyclable metal dealer and shall be |
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1 | retained for a period of 2 years. Such book or register shall | ||||||
2 | be made available for inspection by any
law enforcement | ||||||
3 | official or the representatives of common carriers and
persons, | ||||||
4 | firms, corporations or municipal corporations engaged in | ||||||
5 | either
the generation, transmission or distribution of | ||||||
6 | electric energy or engaged
in telephone, telegraph or other | ||||||
7 | communications, at any time.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 95-979, eff. 1-2-09; 96-507, eff. 8-14-09.)
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