HB1323: Scrap metal processors; reports of purchases.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1323

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled October 31, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-136.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of purchases by scrap metal processors.
Patron-- Morris

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 59.1-136.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 59.1-136.5. Reports of purchases by scrap metal processors.

If requested by the chief of police or other law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal processor conducts business, every Every scrap metal processor conducting business in the locality shall furnish to the chief of police or other law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal processor conducts business a report of all of the scrap metal processor's purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles, excluding aluminum cans and interior household items. Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day following the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller's name, date of birth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number of any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be submitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap metal processor conducts business, provided that if the locality requires that reports be submitted in electronic format, scrap metal processors shall be given a period of not more than one year following the locality's adoption of such a requirement to implement the requirement. The form of the report shall be prescribed by the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal processor conducts business.