(815 ILCS 325/4.3)

Sec. 4.3. Purchases of copper. A recyclable metal dealer shall not pay cash in payment for any copper, including copper tubing or wiring, having a value of $100 or more. Payment for these materials must be made as follows:

(1) by check or money order;

(2) the payee on the check or money order shall be the same person as the seller who conducted the transaction;

(3) if the seller is a business, then the recyclable metal dealer shall make the check or money order payable to the company, and not to any individual employee or agent of the company.

(Source: P.A. 97-923, eff. 1-1-13.)