West Virginia Senate Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - To Government Organization
Pending: Senate Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish requirements for pawnbrokers and pawn transactions. The bill also establishes procedures for confiscation of goods, establishes requirements for pawn tickets, requires pawn transaction reporting and establishes disclosure requirements for pawn transactions to law-enforcement officers. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of Banking to promulgate forms and propose legislative rules. The bill creates misdemeanor offenses for persons engaging in the business of a pawnbroker and for persons using false or altered identification to pawn or sell property to a pawnbroker. The bill further creates criminal penalties.

Regulating pawnbrokers

Sen. Orphy Klempa [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-11		To Government Organization
2012-01-11		Introduced in Senate
2012-01-11		To Government Organization then Finance
2012-01-11		Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	26	1	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	2	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	3	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	4	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	5	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	6	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	7	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	8	New Code	See Bill Text
47	26	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=35&year=2012&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb35%20intr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=35