Bill Text: NJ S2498 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-16 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [S2498 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2498-Introduced.html
SENATE, No. 2498
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED OCTOBER 16, 2014
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning scrap metal and amending P.L.2009, c.8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2009, c.8 (C.45:28-2) is amended to read as follows:
2. The operator of a scrap metal business shall:
a. Verify the identity of any person delivering or selling scrap metal to the scrap metal business by requesting and examining a photograph-bearing, valid State or federal driver's license or other government-issued form of identification bearing a photograph;
b. Make a clear copy of, and record, in a manner as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, the number of the driver's license or other government-issued form of identification presented by the person delivering or selling the scrap metal, before receiving or purchasing any scrap metal from that person;
c. Maintain, for at least five years, a record of all receipts or purchases of scrap metal in excess of 100 pounds or $50, whichever is less, including, but not limited to:
(1) the date of receipt or purchase of the scrap metal;
(2) the name and address of the person delivering or selling the scrap metal;
(3) the type and number of the identification presented by the person delivering or selling the scrap metal, along with a copy of the driver's license or other government-issued form of identification;
(4) a description of the scrap metal received or purchased, including, but not limited to its type, amount, and form;
(5) the signature of the person delivering or selling the scrap metal; and
(6) any other information as may be required by the Attorney General; [and]
d. Make any records maintained pursuant to subsection c. of this section available, upon request, to any law enforcement agency or official investigating the possible theft or resale of scrap metals; and
e. Not purchase any historical marker, grave marker, or burial vase, including any items of religious significance or related to the memorialization of members of the United States Armed Forces.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.8, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that no scrap metal business may purchase any historical marker, grave marker, or burial vase, including any items of religious significance or related to the memorialization of members of the United States Armed Forces.
