SB626 SFAT TRUMP 3-19 #2

Smith  7883

Senator Trump  moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub for Senate Bill 626—A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3-49 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-3-49c, all relating to the purchase and possession of certain scrap metal; updating the regulation of the purchase of automobile catalytic converters; requiring certain evidence and documentation from a seller of an automobile catalytic converter; placing restrictions on the payment for automobile catalytic converters; placing restrictions on the sale or transfer of an automobile catalytic converter by a scrap metal dealer; requiring scrap metal dealer to record identifying information on a catalytic convertor; creating the criminal offense of possession of a catalytic converter without proof of ownership or authority to possess; requiring that persons charged with possession of a single catalytic convertor are to be charged by citation and not be subject to arrest;  establishing an absolute defense to the criminal action; and establishing criminal penalties.

Adopted

Rejected