Full Text of SB1309 95th General Assembly
SB1309 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1309
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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815 ILCS 325/2 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 322 |
815 ILCS 325/3 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323 |
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Amends the Copper Purchase Registration Law. Defines "railroad track material". Requires a copper dealer or junk dealer, who purchases railroad track material consisting of 50 pounds or more to enter the listed information on the form provided by the Department of State Police.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 04462 LCT 24509 b |
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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 Copper Purchase Registration Law is amended | 5 |
| by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 325/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 322)
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| Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
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| "Copper" means any copper, copper alloy or brass bars, | 9 |
| cable, ingots,
rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps, | 10 |
| connectors , or other appurtenances
utilized or that can be | 11 |
| utilized by common carriers or by persons, firms,
corporations , | 12 |
| or municipal corporations engaged in either the generation,
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| transmission or distribution of electric energy or in | 14 |
| telephone, telegraph
or other communications .
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| "Copper dealer" or "junk dealer" means any individual, | 16 |
| firm, corporation , or partnership
engaged in the business of | 17 |
| purchasing and reselling copper or railroad track material | 18 |
| either at a
permanently established place of business or in | 19 |
| connection with a business
of an itinerant nature, including | 20 |
| junk shops, junk yards, junk stores, auto
wreckers, scrap metal | 21 |
| dealers or processors, salvage yards, collectors of
or dealers | 22 |
| in junk and junk carts or trucks.
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| "Railroad track material" means any rails, switch |
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| components, spikes, angle bars, tie plates, or bolts of the | 2 |
| type utilized by rail carriers.
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| (Source: P.A. 76-1476.)
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| (815 ILCS 325/3) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323)
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| Sec. 3. Except as provided in Section 5 of this Act , every | 6 |
| copper dealer or junk dealer in this
State shall enter on forms | 7 |
| provided by the Department of State
Police or such department | 8 |
| as may succeed to its functions, for each
purchase of copper or | 9 |
| railroad track material consisting of 50 pounds or more the | 10 |
| following
information:
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| 1. The name and address of the copper dealer or junk | 12 |
| 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 | 15 |
| whom the copper
or railroad track material was purchased;
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| 4. The motor vehicle license number of the vehicle or | 17 |
| conveyance on
which the copper or railroad track material | 18 |
| was delivered to the copper dealer or junk dealer ;
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| 5. A description of the copper purchased, including the | 20 |
| weight and
whether it consists of bars, cable, ingots, | 21 |
| rods, tubing, wire, wire
scraps, clamps, connectors or | 22 |
| other appurtenances or some combination
thereof ; or | 23 |
| railroad track material purchased, including rails, switch | 24 |
| components, spikes, angle bars, tie plates, or bolts of the | 25 |
| type utilized by rail carriers .
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| A copy of the completed form shall be kept in a separate | 2 |
| book or
register by the copper dealer or junk dealer and shall | 3 |
| be retained for a period of 2 years. Such book or register | 4 |
| shall be made available for inspection by any
law enforcement | 5 |
| official or the representatives of rail carriers, common | 6 |
| carriers and
persons, firms, corporations , or municipal | 7 |
| corporations engaged in either
the generation, transmission , | 8 |
| or distribution of electric energy or engaged
in telephone, | 9 |
| telegraph or other communications, at any time.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-181, eff. 1-1-06.)
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