2013 Senate Bill 470

Create scrap metal theft offenders registry

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 10, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith (D-4)

To require an individual convicted for stealing scrap metal and related offenses to register on a state “scrap metal offenders registry” and pay an extra $50 for this. Scrap metal dealers would have to check sellers against this registry before buying metal from them, and would have a $1 fee per transaction imposed on their scrap metal purchases.

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development