BILL NUMBER: AB 85	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tom Berryhill

                        JANUARY 5, 2009

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 85, as introduced, Tom Berryhill. Junk dealers and recyclers.
   Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain
written records and report that information to the chief of police or
the sheriff, as specified.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive and technical changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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  as  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.