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.