BILL NUMBER: SB 447	CHAPTERED  09/30/08

	CHAPTER  732
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 18, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Maldonado and Florez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to amend Section 21606 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to junk dealers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 447, Maldonado. Junk dealers.
   Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to
keep specified written records of all sales and purchases made in the
course of business.
   This bill would require a junk dealer or recycler to report that
information to the chief of police of the city or the sheriff of the
county in which the junk dealer or recycler sold or purchased the
junk.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 21606 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   21606.  (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall set out in
the written record required by this article all of the following:
   (1) The place and date of each sale or purchase of junk made in
the conduct of his or her business as a junk dealer or recycler.
   (2) The name, valid driver's license number and state of issue or
California-issued identification card number, and vehicle license
number including the state of issue of any motor vehicle used in
transporting the junk to the junk dealer's or recycler's place of
business.
   (3) The name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or
disposed of, and the license number of any motor vehicle used in
transporting the junk from the junk dealer's or recycler's place of
business.
   (4) A description of the item or items of junk purchased or sold,
including the item type and quantity, and identification number, if
visible.
   (5) A statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is
the owner of it, or the name of the person he or she obtained the
junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document.
   (b) Any person who makes, or causes to be made, any false or
fictitious statement regarding any information required by this
section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (c) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall report the
information required in subdivision (a) to the chief of police or to
the sheriff in the same manner as described in Section 21628.