Act No. 167 (H.699). Consumer protection; crimes; stolen property

An act relating to scrap metal processors

This act enhances requirements for scrap metal processors, pawnbrokers, and secondhand dealers. The act expands the definition of a scrap metal processor and eliminates provision for an "authorized scrap seller," who previously was not required to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of 9 V.S.A. chapter 82. The act directs the department of public safety, in collaboration with the department of environmental conservation, to create and communicate to the industry a paper-based and electronic system for sending reports of sales to the department of public safety, rather than to local law enforcement. The act directs the nonviolent misdemeanor sentence review committee to review Vermont law concerning possession of stolen property. The act also imposes new requirements on pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to take identifying information from sellers, to document the items pawned or sold, and to hold the items pawned or sold for 10 days before offering the items for resale or for scrap.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

Also see: Agriculture; Act No. 142 (H.496); An act relating to preserving Vermont's working landscape

Also see: Consumer Protection; Act No. 109 (H.254); An act relating to consumer protection

Also see: Consumer Protection; Act No. 136 (H.730); An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection laws

Also see: Executive Branch; Act No. 112 (S.215); An act relating to evaluating net costs of government purchasing

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Also see: Motor Vehicles; Act No. 95 (S.238); An act relating to a study on access to driving privileges in Vermont

Also see: Taxation and Fees; Act No. 143 (H.782); An act relating to miscellaneous tax changes for 2012