Rep. Richard T. Bradley
Filed: 3/15/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 805 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 805 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following: 

 
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    "Section 5. The Copper Purchase Registration Law is amended  
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by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows:
 



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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 
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copper dealer in this
State shall enter in triplicate on forms 
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provided by the Department of State
Police or such department 
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as may succeed to its functions, for each
purchase of copper 
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consisting of 50 pounds or more the following
information:

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    1.  The name and address of the copper 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 whom 
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the copper
was purchased;

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    4.  The motor vehicle license number of the vehicle or 
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conveyance on
which the copper was delivered to the copper 
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dealer;

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    5. A description of the copper purchased, including the 
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weight and
whether it consists of bars, cable, ingots, rods, 
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tubing, wire, wire
scraps, clamps, connectors or other 
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appurtenances or some combination
thereof.

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One copy of the completed form shall be kept in a 
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separate book or
register by the copper dealer and shall be 
 


 






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retained for a period of 2 years
one
year. Such book or 
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register shall be made available for inspection by any
law 
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enforcement official or the representatives of common carriers 
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and
persons, firms, corporations or municipal corporations 
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engaged in either
the generation, transmission or distribution 
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of electric energy or engaged
in telephone, telegraph or other 
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communications, at any time. Within 3 days
from the day of 
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purchase one copy of the completed form shall be filed in
the 
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office of the county clerk of the county in which the copper 
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was
purchased and one copy shall be filed with, or mailed to, 
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the Department
of State Police, or such department as may 
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succeed
to its functions.

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(Source: P.A. 84-25.)

 



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    (815 ILCS 325/6)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 326)



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    Sec. 6. The Department of State Police, or such department

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as may succeed to
its functions, shall prepare the forms 
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provided for in Section 3 of this
Act and
, shall make an 
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electronic copy
a reasonable supply of the form
forms available 
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to the public on its website
at the office of
the county clerk 
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of each county and shall provide the forms to any
individual 
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upon request.

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(Source: P.A. 84-25.)".