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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 Copper Purchase Registration Law is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Sections 3, 5, and 6 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. Except as provided in Section 5 of this Act every | ||||||
| 8 | copper dealer in this
State shall enter in triplicate on forms | ||||||
| 9 | provided by the Department of State
Police or such department | ||||||
| 10 | as may succeed to its functions, for each
purchase of copper | ||||||
| 11 | consisting of 50 pounds or more the following
information:
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| 12 | 1. The name and address of the copper dealer;
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| 13 | 2. The date and place of each purchase;
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| 14 | 3. The name and address of the person or persons from whom | ||||||
| 15 | the copper
was purchased;
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| 16 | 4. The motor vehicle license number of the vehicle or | ||||||
| 17 | conveyance on
which the copper was delivered to the copper | ||||||
| 18 | dealer;
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| 19 | 5. A description of the copper purchased, including the | ||||||
| 20 | weight and
whether it consists of bars, cable, ingots, rods, | ||||||
| 21 | tubing, wire, wire
scraps, clamps, connectors or other | ||||||
| 22 | appurtenances or some combination
thereof.
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| 23 | A
One copy of the completed form shall be kept in a | ||||||
| 24 | separate book or
register by the copper dealer and shall be | ||||||
| 25 | retained for a period of 2 years
one
year. Such book or | ||||||
| 26 | register shall be made available for inspection by any
law | ||||||
| 27 | enforcement official or the representatives of common carriers | ||||||
| 28 | and
persons, firms, corporations or municipal corporations | ||||||
| 29 | engaged in either
the generation, transmission or distribution | ||||||
| 30 | of electric energy or engaged
in telephone, telegraph or other | ||||||
| 31 | communications, at any time. Within 3 days
from the day of | ||||||
| 32 | purchase one copy of the completed form shall be filed in
the | ||||||
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| 1 | office of the county clerk of the county in which the copper | ||||||
| 2 | was
purchased and one copy shall be filed with, or mailed to, | ||||||
| 3 | the Department
of State Police, or such department as may | ||||||
| 4 | succeed
to its functions.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 325/5) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 325)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. The provisions of Section
Sections 3 and 4 of this | ||||||
| 8 | Act do not apply to
electrical contractors, to agencies or | ||||||
| 9 | instrumentalities of the State of
Illinois or of the United | ||||||
| 10 | States, to common carriers or to purchases from
persons, firms | ||||||
| 11 | or corporations regularly engaged in the business of
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| 12 | manufacturing copper, the business of selling copper at retail | ||||||
| 13 | or
wholesale, in the business of razing, demolishing, | ||||||
| 14 | destroying or removing
buildings, to the purchase of one copper | ||||||
| 15 | dealer from another or the
purchase from persons, firms or | ||||||
| 16 | corporations engaged in either the
generation, transmission or | ||||||
| 17 | distribution of electric energy or in
telephone, telegraph and | ||||||
| 18 | other communications if such common carriers,
persons, firms or | ||||||
| 19 | corporations at the time of the purchase provide the
copper | ||||||
| 20 | dealer with a bill of sale or other written evidence of title | ||||||
| 21 | to the
copper.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 76-1476.)
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| 23 | (815 ILCS 325/6) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 326)
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| 24 | Sec. 6. The Department of State Police, or such department
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| 25 | as may succeed to
its functions, shall prepare the forms | ||||||
| 26 | provided for in Section 3 of this
Act
and , shall make an | ||||||
| 27 | electronic copy
a reasonable supply of the form
forms available | ||||||
| 28 | to the public on its website
at the office of
the county clerk | ||||||
| 29 | of each county and shall provide the forms to any
individual | ||||||
| 30 | upon request.
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| 31 | (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
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| 32 | (815 ILCS 325/4 rep.)
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| 33 | Section 10. The Copper Purchase Registration Law is amended | ||||||
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| 1 | by repealing Section 4. | ||||||