February 28, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The House Rules Committee recommends, under suspension of the rules, and with written request of the sponsor, that S.B. 44, Scrap Metal Transactions (Sen. J. Greiner), be amended as follows and placed on the Third Reading Calendar for Senate bills:

1.    Page 1, Lines 19 through 20a
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             19          .    requires that dealers keep a written or electronic log of identification and sales for
             20      S. [three years;] not less than one year
             20a          

{   requires that sellers provide a fingerprint;   } .S


2.    Page 1, Line 25
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             25          
{   .    requires that dealers segregate and label regulated metals that they purchase;   }


3.    Page 2, Line 48
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             48          
{   76-10-907.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


4.    Page 3, Line 63
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             63      but does not include junk dealers
  or solid waste management facilities as defined in Section 19-6-502       .


5.    Page 5, Line 142
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             142      sell the scrap metal or junk[.]; S.
{   [   } and      {   ]   } .S


6.    Page 5, Lines 144 through 144c
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             144      clearly legible photocopy of the seller's identification
{   S. ; and

             144a      (j) a legible fingerprint of the seller's right thumb, or if the right thumb cannot be fingerprinted, a
             144b      legible fingerprint of the seller with a written notation identifying the fingerprint and the reason why
             144c      the thumb print was unavailable .S  
}
.

7.    Page 6, Line 159
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             159          (6) Log entries made under this section shall be maintained for not less than
{   three years   }        one year      


8.    Page 6, Lines 160a through 160g
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             160a      S. (7) The information required by Subsection (2) may be maintained for repeat sellers who use the
             160b      same vehicle to bring regulated metal for each transaction in a relational database that allows the
             160c      dealer enter an initial record of the seller's information and then relate subsequent transaction records
             160d      to that initial information.
             160e      (8) This section does not apply to a single purchase of regulated metal by a dealer if:
             160f      (a) the weight of regulated metal is less than 50 pounds;
{   or   }        and      

             160g      (b) the price paid to the seller is less than $100. .S

9.    Page 7, Lines 204 through 208
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             204          
{   Section 7. Section 76-10-907.7 is enacted to read:

             205          76-10-907.7. Disfiguring or modifying regulated metal prohibited.
             206          A dealer may not destroy, disfigure, or obliterate any identification marks or cause the
             207      identity of an article to otherwise be destroyed so long as the item is in the dealer's possession.  
}

             208          Section
{   8   }        7       . Section 76-10-908 is amended to read:


10.    Page 8, Line 216


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             216          Section
{   9   }        8       . Section 76-10-910 is amended to read:


                    Respectfully,

                    Rep. Stephen H. Urquhart, Chair