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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 the title of the Act and Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | and by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
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7 | (815 ILCS 325/Act title)
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8 | An Act to require the registration
of the purchase of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | recyclable metal
copper as herein defined, and providing a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | penalty for
the violation thereof.
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11 | (815 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 321)
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12 | Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act is known and may be cited as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the Recyclable Metal
Copper Purchase Registration
Law.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 76-1476.)
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15 | (815 ILCS 325/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 322)
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16 | Sec. 2. Definitions.
When used in this Act:
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17 | "Copper" means any copper, copper alloy or brass bars, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | cable, ingots,
rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | connectors or other appurtenances
utilized or that can be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | utilized by common carriers or by persons, firms,
corporations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | or municipal corporations engaged in either the generation,
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1 | transmission or distribution of electric energy or in | ||||||
2 | telephone, telegraph
or other communications;
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3 | "Recyclable metal" means any metal purchased by a | ||||||
4 | recyclable metal dealer, irrespective of form or quantity, | ||||||
5 | except that "recyclable metal" does not include: (i) items | ||||||
6 | designed to contain, or to be used in the preparation of, | ||||||
7 | beverages or food for human consumption; (ii) discarded items | ||||||
8 | of non-commercial or household waste; or (iii) gold, silver, | ||||||
9 | platinum, and other precious metals used in jewelry.
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10 | " Recyclable metal
Copper dealer" means any individual, | ||||||
11 | firm, corporation , or partnership
engaged in the business of | ||||||
12 | purchasing and reselling recyclable metal
copper either at a
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13 | permanently established place of business or in connection with | ||||||
14 | a business
of an itinerant nature, including junk shops, junk | ||||||
15 | yards, junk stores, auto
wreckers, scrap metal dealers or | ||||||
16 | processors, salvage yards, collectors of
or dealers in junk , | ||||||
17 | and junk carts or trucks.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 76-1476.)
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19 | (815 ILCS 325/3) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323)
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20 | Sec. 3. Records of purchases.
Except as provided in Section | ||||||
21 | 5 of this Act , every recyclable metal
copper dealer in this
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22 | State shall enter on forms provided by the Department of State
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23 | Police , or such department as may succeed to its functions, for | ||||||
24 | each
purchase of recyclable metal
copper consisting of 50 | ||||||
25 | pounds or more the following
information:
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1 | 1. The name and address of the recyclable metal
copper | ||||||
2 | dealer . ;
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3 | 2. The date and place of each purchase . ;
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4 | 3. The name and address of the person or persons from | ||||||
5 | whom the recyclable metal
copper
was purchased , together | ||||||
6 | with a legible photocopy of the drivers license or other | ||||||
7 | state-issued identification card for each such person. ;
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8 | 4. The motor vehicle license number , state of issuance | ||||||
9 | of the motor vehicle license number, and one or more | ||||||
10 | photographs showing the license plate and the side of the | ||||||
11 | vehicle or conveyance on
which the recyclable metal
copper | ||||||
12 | was delivered to the recyclable metal
copper dealer . The | ||||||
13 | requirement of one or more photographs showing the license | ||||||
14 | plate and the side of the vehicle or conveyance on which | ||||||
15 | the recyclable metal was delivered to the recyclable metal | ||||||
16 | dealer is deemed to have been met if the recyclable metal | ||||||
17 | dealer uses a security camera that records both the license | ||||||
18 | plate and the side view of the vehicle or conveyance on | ||||||
19 | which the recyclable metal was delivered. ;
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20 | 5. A description of the recyclable metal
copper | ||||||
21 | purchased, including the weight and
whether it consists of | ||||||
22 | bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire
scraps, | ||||||
23 | clamps, connectors ,
or other appurtenances , or some | ||||||
24 | combination
thereof , together with one or more photographs | ||||||
25 | clearly identifying the individual items purchased .
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26 | A copy of the completed form shall be kept in a separate |
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1 | book or
register by the recyclable metal
copper dealer and | ||||||
2 | shall be retained for a period of 2 years. If a security camera | ||||||
3 | is used to comply with paragraph 4, the security camera | ||||||
4 | recordings shall be retained for a period of 90 days. Such book | ||||||
5 | or register and security camera recordings shall be made | ||||||
6 | available for inspection by any
law enforcement official or the | ||||||
7 | representatives of common carriers and
persons, firms, | ||||||
8 | corporations , or municipal corporations engaged in either
the | ||||||
9 | generation, transmission , or distribution of electric energy | ||||||
10 | or engaged
in telephone, telegraph , or other communications, at | ||||||
11 | any time.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-181, eff. 1-1-06.)
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13 | (815 ILCS 325/4.5 new)
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14 | Sec. 4.5. Daily report. | ||||||
15 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | ||||||
16 | it shall be the duty of every recyclable metal dealer to make | ||||||
17 | out and deliver to the sheriff of the county in which the | ||||||
18 | recyclable metal dealer does business, on each day before the | ||||||
19 | hour of 12 o'clock noon, a legible and exact copy from the | ||||||
20 | record book or register, as required in Section 3 of this Act, | ||||||
21 | that lists all recyclable metal purchased during the preceding | ||||||
22 | day, including all of the information listed on the record of | ||||||
23 | purchase form for each purchase; provided, that in a | ||||||
24 | municipality that has an ordinance requiring the reporting of | ||||||
25 | recyclable metals, a copy of the report shall at the same time |
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1 | also be delivered to the superintendent of police or the chief | ||||||
2 | police officer of the municipality. The report may be made by | ||||||
3 | computer printout or input memory device if the format has been | ||||||
4 | approved by the local law enforcement agency. | ||||||
5 | (b) In a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a | ||||||
6 | recyclable metal dealer must provide the daily report to the | ||||||
7 | sheriff only if the recyclable metal dealer is located in an | ||||||
8 | unincorporated area of the county. Recyclable metal dealers | ||||||
9 | located in a municipality in such counties must deliver the | ||||||
10 | reports to the superintendent of police or the chief police | ||||||
11 | officer of the municipality.
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12 | (815 ILCS 325/5) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 325)
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13 | Sec. 5. Exemptions.
The provisions of Section 3 of this Act | ||||||
14 | do not apply to
electrical contractors, to agencies or | ||||||
15 | instrumentalities of the State of
Illinois or of the United | ||||||
16 | States, to common carriers ,
or to purchases from
persons, | ||||||
17 | firms , or corporations regularly engaged in the business of
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18 | manufacturing recyclable metal
copper , in the business of | ||||||
19 | selling recyclable metal
copper at retail or
wholesale, or in | ||||||
20 | the business of razing, demolishing, destroying , or removing
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21 | buildings, to the purchase by
of one recyclable metal
copper | ||||||
22 | dealer from another , or the
purchase from persons, firms , or | ||||||
23 | corporations engaged in either the
generation, transmission , | ||||||
24 | or distribution of electric energy or in
telephone, telegraph , | ||||||
25 | and other communications if such common carriers,
persons, |
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1 | firms , or corporations at the time of the purchase provide the | ||||||
2 | recyclable metal
copper dealer with a bill of sale or other | ||||||
3 | written evidence of title to the recyclable metal
copper .
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4 | (Source: P.A. 94-181, eff. 1-1-06.)
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5 | (815 ILCS 325/7) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 327)
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6 | Sec. 7. Inapplicability.
This Act does
shall not apply in | ||||||
7 | any municipality that
which provides for the
registration of | ||||||
8 | recyclable metal
copper purchased by resolution, ordinance , or | ||||||
9 | regulation that
which substantially complies with the | ||||||
10 | substantive provisions of this Act or
any rule or regulation | ||||||
11 | hereunder with the exception of the penalty provisions . The | ||||||
12 | fact of such nonapplication shall be
evidenced by a certificate | ||||||
13 | of exemption issued by the Department of State
Police or such | ||||||
14 | department as may succeed to its functions,
if it finds
that a | ||||||
15 | municipal resolution, ordinance , or regulation meeting such
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16 | requirements is being enforced. The
Such certificate of | ||||||
17 | exemption shall be
available for inspection in the office of | ||||||
18 | the municipal clerk. This Act
does not apply in municipalities | ||||||
19 | with populations of 1,000,000 or over.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
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21 | (815 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 328)
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22 | Sec. 8. Penalty.
Any recyclable metal
copper dealer who | ||||||
23 | knowingly fails to comply with this Act is guilty
of a Class B | ||||||
24 | misdemeanor for the first offense, a Class A misdemeanor for |
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1 | the second offense, and a Class 4 felony for the third or | ||||||
2 | subsequent offense . Each day that any recyclable metal
copper | ||||||
3 | dealer so fails to
comply shall constitute a separate offense.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 77-2262.)
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