Sub. S.B. 171

127th General Assembly

(H. State Government and Elections)

Removes from the Senate version all provisions dealing with pawnbrokers.

Adds to the Senate version a prohibition against the sale or purchase of a plastic crate or tray used for the carrying of retail containers of milk or baked goods and that has embossed upon it a company logo and establishes a criminal penalty for violation of that prohibition.

Changes the Senate version to exempt from the bill's requirements and prohibitions, sales of catalytic converters transacted between a scrap metal dealer and a motor vehicle dealer.

Changes the Senate version to grant immunity from civil actions, including actions for defamation, libel, or slander, to law enforcement personnel in connection with their duties under the bill to compile a list of thieves and receivers of stolen property and to provide the list to scrap metal dealers.

Removes from the Senate version a provision preempting municipal regulation of scrap metal dealers and replaces it with a provision prohibiting municipal or local government regulation that is in conflict with the bill's provisions.

Adds businesses issued a vendor's license to collect the state sales tax to those businesses whose sales transactions with scrap metal dealers are exempt from the bill's requirements and prohibitions.

Establishes graded penalties for failure to comply with the bill's requirements and violation of its prohibitions.

Adds to the Senate version a severability clause.

Corrects technical errors in the Senate version.

S0171-127.doc/ss 05/15/08