As Passed by the Senate

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
Sub. S. B. No. 171


Senator Stivers 

Cosponsors: Senators Jacobson, Schuring, Schuler, Mumper, Amstutz, Buehrer, Harris, Schaffer, Wagoner, Padgett, Goodman, Faber 



A BILL
To amend sections 4727.01, 4727.08, 4727.11, 4737.01, 1
4737.04, and 4737.99 and to enact sections 2
4727.22, 4737.041, 4737.042, 4737.043, and 3
4737.044 of the Revised Code to make certain 4
changes to the laws regulating pawnbrokers, 5
secondhand dealers, and scrap metal dealers.6


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That sections 4727.01, 4727.08, 4727.11, 4737.01, 7
4737.04, and 4737.99 be amended and sections 4727.22, 4737.041, 8
4737.042, 4737.043, and 4737.044 of the Revised Code be enacted to 9
read as follows:10

       Sec. 4727.01.  As used in this chapter:11

       (A) "Pawnbroker" means a person engaged in the business of12
lending money on deposit or pledges of personal property, other13
than securities, printed evidence of indebtedness, titles, deeds,14
or bills of sale, at a total charge, rate of interest, or discount15
or other remuneration in excess of eight per cent per annum, and16
includes a person engaged in the business of purchasing personal17
property from another person with an agreement that the personal18
property will be made available to that other person for19
repurchase within an agreed-to time period and for an amount20
greater than the price originally paid to that other person for21
the purchase of the personal property.22

       (B) "Superintendent of financial institutions" includes the23
deputy superintendent for consumer finance as provided in section24
1181.21 of the Revised Code.25

       (C) "Personal identification card" means a current and valid 26
driver's license, military identification card, state 27
identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of 28
the Revised Code, or a state identification card issued by another 29
state on the condition that that card contains information 30
substantially similar to the information contained on a state 31
identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of 32
the Revised Code and also contains a photograph of the person to 33
whom the card is issued.34

       Sec. 4727.08.  (A) Every person licensed as a pawnbroker35
shall keep and use separate pawn forms and purchase forms to be36
approved by the superintendent of financial institutions.37

       (B) The licensee shall record on the appropriate form for38
each pawn or purchase all of the following information:39

       (1) The date and time of the pledging or purchasing;40

       (2) The amount of the loan or the purchase price;41

       (3) The rate of interest and the charges to be paid on the42
loan;43

       (4) The time within which the pledgor is to redeem the44
pledged property;45

       (5) The name, age, and address of the pledgor or seller;46

       (6) A driver's license number, military identification47
number, or other personal identification number;48

       (7) A physical description of the pledgor or seller;49

       (8)(7) An accurate description of the pledged or purchased50
property, including the name of the manufacturer, any serial and51
model numbers, any identifying features, and any identifying52
letters or marks;53

       (9)(8) Any other disclosures required by federal law.54

       (C) A licensee shall make a copy of the pledgor or seller's 55
personal identification card and shall attach that copy to the 56
form required under division (B) of this section.57

       (D) A copy of each form used in a pawn or purchase shall be58
kept at all times in numerical order in an active or inactive59
file, as appropriate, and the licensee shall account for all form 60
numbers.61

       (D)(E) The records and forms, at all times, shall be kept at62
the licensed location and available for inspection by the63
superintendent and by the chief of police of the municipal64
corporation or township in which the licensee's place of business65
is located or, if the place of business is not located within a66
municipal corporation or a township that has a chief of police, by67
the sheriff of the county in which the place of business is68
located. Upon demand of any of them, the licensee shall produce69
and show any records, forms, pledges, or purchases which are in70
the licensee's possession.71

       (E)(F) Except in the case of a pledged motor vehicle,72
watercraft, or outboard motor, the licensee shall keep all pledges73
and purchases at the licensee's place of business unless a74
pledgor, in writing, agrees otherwise at the time the pledge is75
made. If the item pledged for the pawn loan is a motor vehicle,76
watercraft, or outboard motor, the licensee shall take possession77
of both the motor vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor and the78
certificate of title to the motor vehicle, watercraft, or outboard79
motor and shall keep the certificate at the licensee's place of80
business but, upon notification to the pledgor, may keep the motor81
vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor at a location other than82
the licensee's place of business. No pledge shall be removed from 83
the place of business for the licensee's personal use or gain.84

       (F)(G) Every person licensed as a pawnbroker under this 85
chapter shall keep and use an intelligible set of books and 86
records in the English language in complying with this chapter 87
with respect to recording the details of each purchase or loan. 88
Except as provided in division (J)(K) of this section, all 89
information required to be recorded by this chapter shall be 90
entered in a bound book or on loose-leaf, permanent forms used91
exclusively for that purpose. Forms shall be identical and 92
consecutively numbered, and each shall contain two or more pages. 93
One part of each form shall be detachable and, when completed, 94
shall serve as the statement to be given by the licensee to the 95
pledgor or seller as provided by section 4727.07 of the Revised 96
Code, the. The remaining part of the form shall be retained in the 97
licensee's permanent records. All forms shall be accounted for.98

       (G)(H) No licensee shall require a borrower to affix the99
borrower's signature to a blank or partially filled out pawn form100
or other record.101

       (H)(I) Every licensee shall preserve the licensee's books,102
forms, accounts, and records for at least two years after making103
the final entry regarding any purchase or pledge of property104
recorded therein.105

       (I)(J) All pawn and purchase forms, legal notices, and 106
payment receipt forms shall reflect the name under which the 107
licensee is registered with the superintendent and the complete 108
address of the place of business.109

       (J)(K) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a110
licensee may use other methods of recording data, keeping records,111
and keeping books, such as electronic or computerized methods, in112
lieu of the methods described in this section, provided written113
printouts or hard copies of the required data are readily114
available in a form approved, in advance, by the superintendent.115

       Sec. 4727.11.  (A) If a pledgor fails to pay interest to a 116
person licensed as a pawnbroker on a pawn loan for two months from 117
the date of the loan or the date on which the last interest118
payment is due, the licensee shall notify the pledgor by mail,119
with proof of mailing, to the last place of address given by the120
pledgor, that unless the pledgor redeems the pledged property or121
pays all interest due and storage charges within thirty days from122
the date the notice is mailed, the pledged property shall be123
forfeited to the licensee. If the pledgor fails to redeem or pay124
all interest due and storage charges within the period specified125
in the notice, the licensee becomes the owner of the pledged126
property.127

       (B) In the event that any article or property is redeemed by128
a person other than the pledgor, the pledgor shall sign the129
pledgor's copy of the statement required under section 4727.07 of130
the Revised Code, which copy shall be presented by the person to131
the licensee. The licensee shall verify the name of the person132
redeeming the article or property, and shall record the person's133
name and driver's license number, or other personal identification 134
number, on the licensee's copy of the statement, and shall 135
require the person to sign this copy, shall make a copy of the 136
person's personal identification card, and shall attach that copy 137
to the licensee's copy of the statement.138

       (C) In the event that any articles or property pledged are139
lost or rendered inoperable due to negligence of the licensee, the140
licensee shall replace the articles or property with identical141
articles or property, except that if the licensee cannot142
reasonably obtain identical articles or property, the licensee143
shall replace the articles or property with like articles or144
property.145

       (D) When an account is paid in full, the licensee shall146
return the pledged article immediately to the pledgor. In the147
event the pledgor sells, transfers, or assigns the pledge, the148
licensee shall verify the name of the person redeeming the pledge149
and record that person's name, driver's license number, and150
signature on the permanent copy of the statement of pledge151
required pursuant to section 4727.07 of the Revised Code and 152
shall make a copy of the person's personal identification card and 153
attach that copy to that statement. The licensee also shall 154
obtain the signature of the pledgor, or other person redeeming the155
pledge, upon a separate record of the transaction, that 156
acknowledges the total dollar amount paid for redemption and the 157
date of redemption. All records shall be kept in the licensee's 158
place of business.159

       Sec. 4727.22.  A licensee may use an electronic device that 160
decodes and records information contained in the metallic strip on 161
a personal identification card to record a person's name, address, 162
and photograph in lieu of making a copy of a person's personal 163
identification card to comply with the requirements of sections 164
4727.08 and 4727.11 of the Revised Code, on the condition that the 165
licensee retains that recorded information and makes it available 166
in accordance with the requirements to make copies available as 167
described in those sections.168

       Sec. 4737.01.  (A) As used in this chapter, "personal 169
identification card" has the same meaning as in section 4727.01 of 170
the Revised Code.171

       (B) A person other than a scrap metal dealer, as defined in 172
section 4737.04 of the Revised Code, purchasing, selling,173
exchanging, or receiving secondhand articles of any kind other 174
than special purchase articles as defined in section 4737.04 of 175
the Revised Code, scrap iron, oldand scrap metal, canvas, rope, 176
branded bottles, junk or lead pipe, except plow irons, old 177
stoves, and furniture, shall post in a conspicuous place in or 178
upon histhe person's shop, store, wagon, boat, or other place of 179
business, a sign having histhe person's name and occupation180
legibly inscribed thereon, and shall keep a separate record book, 181
open to inspection by any law enforcement officer,or electronic 182
file in which shall be written, in the English language, at the 183
time of the purchase or exchange of such articles, a description 184
thereof, the name, description, and residence of the person from 185
whom purchased and received, and the day and hourtime when such 186
purchase or exchange was made, and shall make and keep a copy of 187
the person's personal identification card. Every entry shall be 188
numbered consecutively, commencing with number one.189

       (B) Any person, prior to purchasing any secondhand article of 190
furniture or secondhand electrical or gas appliance or equipment 191
for the purpose of resale to the general public, shall demand to 192
examine the seller's driver's or commercial driver's license or 193
identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of 194
the Revised Code and one additional type of card typically used 195
for identification purposes.196

       The purchaser shall keep a written record of the number of197
the license or identification card and the type and number of the198
other identification card accepted together with the date of199
purchase, the name and address of the seller, and a description of 200
the article purchased. The purchaser shall retain the written201
record book or electronic file and copies of personal 202
identification cards for at least one year after the purchase or 203
exchange date and shall make the record or file and copies204
available for inspection by any law enforcement officer at all 205
reasonable times. For the purposes of this division, the purchaser 206
may utilize the written record he is required to keep where207
applicable under division (A) of this section and add to it the208
information required by this division.209

       Sec. 4737.04. (A) As used in this section and sections 210
4737.041, 4737.042, and 4737.043 of the Revised Code:211

       (1) "Scrap metal dealer" means a person who purchases or 212
receives scrap metal.213

       (2) "Special purchase article" means all of the following:214

       (a) Beer kegs;215

       (b) Cable, wire, electrical components, and other equipment 216
used in providing cable service or any utility service, including, 217
but not limited to, copper or aluminum coverings, housings, or 218
enclosures related thereto;219

        (c) Grave markers, sculptures, plaques, and vases made out of 220
metal, the appearance of which suggest that the articles have 221
been obtained from a cemetery;222

       (d) Guard rails for bridges, highways, and roads; highway and 223
street signs; street light poles and fixtures; manhole covers, 224
water meter covers, and other similar types of utility access 225
covers; traffic directional and control signs and light signals, 226
metal marked with the name of a political subdivision of the 227
state, and other metal articles that are purchased and installed 228
for use upon authorization of the state or any political 229
subdivision of the state;230

       (e) Historical, commemorative, and memorial markers and 231
plaques made out of metal;232

       (f) Four-wheel metal carts, commonly referred to as "grocery 233
carts," that are generally used by individuals to collect and 234
transport consumer goods while shopping;235

       (g) Four-wheel metal carts, commonly referred to as "metal 236
bossies," that are used to transport or merchandise food products 237
that are stored in crates, shells, or trays.238

       (3) "Common recycled matter" means bottles and other 239
containers made out of steel, tin, or aluminum and other consumer 240
goods that are metal that are recycled by individual consumers 241
and not in the bulk or quantity that could be supplied or 242
recycled by large business establishments. "Common recycled 243
matter" does not include a metal tray used by a product 244
producer, distributor, retailer, or agent of a product producer, 245
distributor, or retailer as a means for the bulk transportation, 246
storage, or carrying of retail containers of milk, baked goods, 247
eggs, or bottled beverage products.248

       (4) "Consumer goods" has the same meaning as in section 249
1309.102 of the Revised Code.250

       (5) "Recyclable materials" means the metal materials 251
described in division (B)(5) of this section, on the condition 252
that those metal materials are not special purchase articles.253

       (6) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 254
4501.01 of the Revised Code.255

       (B) Every scrap metal dealer in scrap iron, metal, and waste 256
materials shall maintain a record book of recordsor electronic 257
file, in which hethe dealer shall keep an accurate and complete258
record of all articles purchased or received by himthe dealer in 259
the course of histhe dealer's daily business. On and after the 260
effective date of this amendment, every entry in the record book 261
or electronic file shall be numbered consecutively. Every dealer 262
shall maintain the record for each article purchased or received 263
for a minimum period of one year after the date the dealer 264
purchased or received the article. Said records shall contain all 265
of the name, description,following:266

       (1) Name and residence of the person from whom said articles 267
were purchased or received and thea copy of that person's 268
personal identification card;269

       (2) The date and hour when such purchases or exchange were 270
madetime the scrap metal dealer purchased or received the 271
articles;272

       (3) If the seller or provider of the articles arrives at the 273
dealer's place of business in a motor vehicle, the license plate 274
number of that motor vehicle along with the state that issued the 275
license plate;276

       (4) For metal articles that are not recyclable materials, a 277
full and accurate description of each article purchased or 278
received by the dealer that includes identifying letters or 279
marks written, inscribed, or otherwise included on the article 280
and the name and maker of the article if known;281

       (5) For recyclable materials that are not special purchase 282
articles, a scrap metal dealer shall use the following category 283
codes to identify the recyclable materials that the dealer 284
receives:285

       (a) "Number one copper," which includes clean copper pipe, 286
clean copper wire, or other number one copper that does not have 287
solder, paint, or coating;288

       (b) "Number two copper," which includes unclean copper pipe, 289
unclean copper wire, or other number two copper;290

       (c) "Sheet copper," which includes copper roofing, copper 291
gutters, copper downspouts, and other sheet copper;292

       (d) Insulated copper wire";293

       (e) "Aluminum or copper radiators," which includes aluminum 294
radiators, aluminum copper radiators, and copper radiators;295

       (f) "Red brass," which includes red brass values and other 296
red brass;297

       (g) "Yellow brass," which includes yellow brass fixtures, 298
yellow brass valve and fitting, ornamental brass, and other 299
yellow brass;300

       (h) "Aluminum sheet";301

       (i) "Aluminum extrusions," which includes aluminum 302
bleachers, aluminum benches, aluminum frames, aluminum pipe, and 303
other aluminum extrusions;304

       (j) "Cast aluminum," which includes aluminum grills, 305
lawnmower decks made of aluminum, aluminum motor vehicle parts and 306
rims, and other cast aluminum;307

       (k) "Clean aluminum wire";308

       (l) "Unclean aluminum wire";309

       (m) "Aluminum exteriors," which includes aluminum siding, 310
aluminum gutters and downspouts, aluminum shutters, aluminum 311
trim, and other aluminum exterior items;312

       (n) "Contaminated aluminum";313

       (o) "Stainless steel," which includes, sinks, appliance 314
housing, dishes, pots, pans, pipe, and other items made out of 315
stainless steel;316

       (p) "Large appliances," which includes consumer and other 317
appliances;318

       (q) "Miscellaneous steel," which includes steel grates, 319
steel farm machinery, steel industrial machinery, steel motor320
vehicle frames, and other items made out of steel;321

       (r) "Sheet irons," which includes bicycles, motor vehicle 322
body parts made of iron, and other items made using sheet iron;323

       (s) "Motor vehicle nonbody parts," which includes motor 324
vehicle batteries, radiators, and other nonbody motor vehicle 325
parts;326

       (t) "Catalytic converters";327

       (u) "Lead";328

       (v) Electric motors."329

       (C) All journal brasses, and other railroad metals, other 330
than purchases and sales under sections 4973.13 to 4973.16, 331
inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be held by the dealer for a 332
period of thirty days after being purchased or acquired.333

       Such(D) The records required under division (B) of this 334
section shall be open for inspection by the representative of any 335
law enforcement agency atand the director of public safety or the 336
director's designated representative during all business hours. A 337
scrap metal dealer shall provide a copy of those records to any 338
law enforcement agency that requests the records or to the 339
director or director's representative, upon request. Records 340
submitted to any law enforcement agency pursuant to this section 341
are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the 342
Revised Code. A person who claims to own a stolen article that 343
may be identified in those records, or an agent of that person, 344
who provides proof of having filed a stolen property report with 345
the appropriate law enforcement agency, may request those 346
records. The law enforcement agency shall provide those records 347
upon a request made by such a person or that person's agent, but 348
the law enforcement agency shall redact information that reveals 349
the name of the seller of any article and the price the dealer 350
paid for any article the dealer purchased or the estimated value 351
of any article the dealer received. The law enforcement agency 352
shall determine which records to provide, based upon the time 353
period that the alleged theft is reported to have taken place. A 354
law enforcement agency may charge or collect a fee for providing 355
records as required by this section.356

       (E) No scrap metal dealer shall purchase or receive any metal 357
articles from a person who refuses to show the dealer the person's 358
personal identification card.359

       The law enforcement agency that serves the jurisdiction in 360
which a scrap metal dealer is located shall provide a list, as 361
that agency determines appropriate, of the names and descriptions 362
of persons known to be or who are suspected to be thieves or 363
receivers of stolen property. No scrap metal dealer shall purchase 364
or receive articles from any person identified on the list the 365
dealer receives from the law enforcement agency.366

       No scrap metal dealer shall purchase or receive any special 367
purchase articles from any person who is under eighteen years of 368
age.369

       No scrap metal dealer shall purchase or receive any special 370
purchase article without complying with division (B) of this 371
section and divisions (B) and (C) of section 4737.041 of the 372
Revised Code.373

       No scrap metal dealer shall purchase or receive more than one 374
catalytic converter per day from the same person.375

       (F) Every scrap metal dealer shall post a notice in a 376
conspicuous place on the dealer's premises notifying persons who 377
may wish to transact business with the dealer of the penalties 378
applicable to any person who does any of the following:379

       (1) Provides a false personal identification card to the 380
dealer;381

       (2) With purpose to defraud, provides any other false 382
information to the dealer in connection with the dealer's duty to 383
maintain the records required under division (B) of this section;384

       (3) Commits a theft as described in section 2913.02 of the 385
Revised Code.386

       Sec. 4737.041. A scrap metal dealer shall do all of the 387
following with respect to each special purchase article the scrap 388
metal dealer purchases or receives:389

       (A) Comply with the requirements of this section in addition 390
to complying with the requirements of section 4737.04 of the 391
Revised Code;392

       (B) Take a photograph of each special purchase article;393

       (C) Obtain from the seller or provider of the special 394
purchase article proof that the seller or provider owns the 395
special purchase article;396

       (D) If payment is rendered for the special purchase 397
articles, issue a check for the purchase of the special purchase 398
articles;399

       (E) Withhold payment for the purchase of the special 400
purchase articles for a period of two days after the day the 401
special purchase articles are purchased;402

       (F) If an asserted owner of stolen special purchase articles 403
or that owner's agent provides proof of having filed a stolen 404
property report with the appropriate law enforcement agency, make 405
records describing special purchase articles the scrap metal 406
dealer purchased or received after the alleged date of theft 407
available for inspection to the asserted owner or owner's agent 408
for a period of six months after the alleged date of theft of the 409
articles, except that the scrap metal dealer shall withhold the 410
name of the person from whom the special purchase articles were 411
purchased or received and the amount paid for the special 412
purchase articles.413

       Sec. 4737.042.  A scrap metal dealer and a person who 414
purchases, sells, exchanges, or receives secondhand articles may 415
use an electronic device that decodes and records information 416
contained in the metallic strip on a personal identification card 417
to record a person's name, address, and photograph in lieu of 418
making a copy of a person's personal identification card to comply 419
with the requirements of sections 4737.01, 4737.04, and 4737.041 420
of the Revised Code, on the condition that the dealer or person 421
retains that recorded information and makes it available in 422
accordance with the requirements to make copies available under 423
those sections.424

       Sec. 4737.043.  Sections 4737.04 and 4737.041 of the Revised 425
Code do not apply with respect to any of the following:426

       (A) The donation of articles to nonprofit organizations or to 427
any other person, on the condition that the person donating the 428
articles receives no payment or any other valuable consideration 429
in exchange for or due to donating the articles;430

       (B) The sale or donation of common recycled matter;431

       (C) Sales transacted between a scrap metal dealer and an 432
organization that is exempt from federal taxation under section 433
501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 285, 434
26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), as amended, and that collects, for its own 435
fundraising purposes, scrap ferrous and nonferrous metals for 436
recycling rather than disposal;437

       (D) Sales transacted between a scrap metal dealer and a 438
government unit or another business, including a demolition 439
company, public utility company, or another scrap metal dealer, 440
on the condition that the government unit or business satisfies 441
the following criteria:442

       (1) In the course of providing the government unit's or 443
business's services to others or maintaining the government 444
unit's or business's property, whether onsite or offsite, the 445
government unit or business generates scrap ferrous and 446
nonferrous metals for recycling rather than disposal.447

       (2) If a government unit, reference to the government unit as 448
a bona fide unit of government can be readily found by the public.449

        (3) If the sales transaction involves a business, the 450
business satisfies one of the following criteria:451

        (a) The business is registered with the secretary of state.452

        (b) The business advertises its services in a newspaper of 453
general circulation, a telephone book, electronic media that is 454
available to the public, or some other type of media that is owned 455
and operated by a person other than the business.456

       (4) The government unit provides proof of compliance with 457
division (D)(2) of this section or the business provides proof of 458
compliance with division (D)(3) of this section to the scrap 459
metal dealer with whom the government unit or business transacts 460
business.461

       (E) Sales transacted between a scrap metal dealer and a 462
person whose primary business is to create products that result 463
in bulk quantities of ferrous and nonferrous metal used for 464
recycling rather than disposal.465

       Sec. 4737.044. By analogy to Am. Financial Servs. Assn. et 466
al. v. Cleveland, 112 Ohio St. 3d 170, 2006-Ohio-6043, citing 467
Canton v. State, 95 Ohio St. 3d 149, 2002-Ohio-2005, syllabus, 468
sections 4737.01 to 4737.043 of the Revised Code are intended as a 469
comprehensive legislative enactment operating uniformly throughout 470
this state, setting forth regulations concerning the purchase and 471
sale of scrap metal, and prescribing a rule of conduct upon 472
citizens generally. To assure uniform statewide scrap metal 473
purchasing practices, no municipal corporation or other political 474
subdivision shall enact or enforce any regulation or ordinance 475
regulating the purchase or sale of scrap metal by a scrap metal 476
dealer or that is in conflict with or in derogation of sections 477
4737.01 to 4737.043 of the Revised Code.478

       Sec. 4737.99.  (A) Except as specified in divisiondivisions479
(B) and (C) of this section, whoever violates sections 4737.01 to480
4737.11 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not less than 481
twenty-five nor more than one thousand dollars and the costs of 482
prosecution.483

       (B) Whoever violates division (F)(2) of section 4737.10 of 484
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.485

       (C) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4737.04 of the 486
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.487

       Section 2. That existing sections 4727.01, 4727.08, 4727.11, 488
4737.01, 4737.04, and 4737.99 of the Revised Code are hereby 489
repealed.490

       Section 3. During the first year of the 129th General 491
Assembly, the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of 492
Representatives shall initiate creation of a joint select 493
committee of the Senate and House of Representatives for the 494
purpose of considering the effectiveness of this act in deterring 495
crime and the costs of complying with this act to industries 496
affected by this act. The President of the Senate and Speaker of 497
the House of Representatives shall create the joint select 498
committee in accordance with the Joint Rules of the Senate and 499
House of Representatives for the 129th General Assembly for 500
creation of a joint select committee.501

       The joint select committee shall hold public hearings at 502
which time representatives of the Ohio Municipal League, the Ohio 503
Prosecuting Attorneys Association, and the Ohio Sheriff's 504
Association; representatives of the scrap metal recycling 505
industry; and other interested parties may present testimony on 506
the affect of this act on metals theft rates, theft deterrence, 507
criminal enforcement and prosecution, and economic and 508
administrative burdens on industry. The joint select committee 509
shall provide advance notice of its hearings to, and shall solicit 510
comments in advance of those hearings from, the Ohio Municipal 511
League, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Ohio Sheriff's 512
Association, representatives of the scrap metal recycling 513
industry, and other interested parties that the joint select 514
committee determines should receive notice.515

       The joint select committee shall issue a report summarizing 516
the effectiveness and impacts of this act and submit the report to 517
the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of 518
Representatives. The Legislative Service Commission shall assist 519
the joint select committee in preparing and finalizing the report 520
required by this section.521