Adopted by House 8-21-07
HB202 HFA WEBSTER #1 8-21
Delegate Webster moves to amend the bill on pages 10 and 11,
section forty-nine, lines 98 through 115, by striking out all of
subsection (f) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new
subsection (f), to read as follows:
(f) Using the form authorized under subsection (e) above, or
his or her own form, a purchaser of scrap metal shall retain the
records required by this section at his or her place of business
for not less than three years after the date of the purchase. Upon
completion of a purchase, the records required to be retained at a
purchaser's place of business shall be available for inspection by
any law-enforcement officer or, upon written request and during the
purchaser's regular business hours, by any investigator employed by
a public utility or railroad to investigate the theft of public
utility or railroad property: Provided, That in lieu of the
purchaser keeping the records at their place of business, the
purchaser shall file the records with the local detachment of the
State Police and with the chief of police of the municipality or
the sheriff of the county wherein he or she is transacting business
within seventy-two hours of completion of the purchase. The
records shall be retained by the State Police and the chief of
police of the municipality or the sheriff for a period of not less
than three years.