2007 Senate Bill 720 (Expand scrap metal processors licensure )

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• Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas, III on September 4, 2007, to include “scrap (metal) processors” in the law that mandates licensure for junk and second hand dealers. See also Public Act 675 of 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee on September 4, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 27, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 27, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would also delete a law prohibiting a local junk and second hand dealers operations where 65 percent of property owners within one block in a residential neighborhood petition against it. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 27, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 27, 2008, to include “scrap (metal) processors” in the law that mandates licensure for junk and second hand dealers. See also Public Act 675 of 2006. Also, to delete a provision under which a local junk and second hand dealers license may not be issued in any residential community where 65 percent of property owners within one block petition against it. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 27, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Commerce Committee on June 27, 2008.

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Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas, III on September 4, 2007. Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 27, 2008. New Comment