SB528 H JUD AMT 3-7 #1

    The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 528 -– “A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3-49 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to scrap metal; providing definitions; requiring scrap metal dealers to obtain business licenses; requiring scrap metal dealers to register scales with the Division of Labor; requiring scrap metal dealers to provide a notice of recycling activity to the Department of Environmental Protection; requiring scrap metal dealers to register with the Secretary of State; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain a list of scrap metal dealers and make the list publically available; requiring documentation of transactions involving five or more catalytic converters; requiring print of index finger or thumb on documentation of transactions involving five or more catalytic converters; prohibiting the possession, sale or purchase of stolen or unlawfully obtained scrap metal; prohibiting purchase of certain items of scrap metal without proof of lawful possession; and establishing criminal offenses.”