22.781.12 97th Legislative Session 0

2022 South Dakota Legislature

House Bill 1174

ENROLLED

An Act

ENTITLED An Act to revise requirements for sales of catalytic converters to scrap metal businesses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 34A-6-108 be AMENDED:

34A-6-108. Terms used in this section and §§ 34A-6-109 to 34A-6-112, inclusive, mean:

(1) "Industrial or commercial account," any person or business, including a scrap metal business, operating from a fixed location, that sells nonferrous metal to a scrap metal recycler pursuant to a contractual arrangement or agreement;

(2) "Law enforcement officer," any law enforcement officer as defined in § 23-3-7;

(3) "Nonferrous metal property," any metal property for which the value of the metal property is derived from the property's content of copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, platinum, rhodium, palladium, or nickel, or any of their alloys, including detached catalytic converters. Aluminum does not include any food or beverage containers, except for a beer keg;

(4) "Record," a paper, electronic, or other method of storing information;

(5) "Scrap metal business," any scrap metal supplier, scrap metal recycling center, or scrap metal processor;

(6) "Transaction," a pledge to buy, the purchase of, or the trade for any nonferrous metal property by a scrap metal business from any person. A transaction does not include a sale or trade involving any industrial or commercial account.

Section 2. That § 34A-6-109 be AMENDED:

34A-6-109. Each scrap metal business shall keep records of each transaction involving the purchase of nonferrous metal property that exceeds one hundred dollars, provided that records of any transaction involving a detached catalytic converter must be kept regardless of purchase price. The scrap metal business shall be able to produce an accurate and legible record of each transaction involving nonferrous metal property at the location where the scrap metal is purchased. The records shall contain the following:

(1) Date, location, and value of the transaction;

(2) Signature of the person selling the nonferrous metal property;

(3) Name, street address, city, and state of the seller;

(4) Photocopy of the seller's current driver license or other government issued picture identification card;

(5) A description of the predominant types of nonferrous metal property involved in the transaction, including the weight, quantity, or volume of the scrap nonferrous metal; and

(6) Name of the employee representing the scrap metal business in the transaction.

Section 3. That chapter 34A-6 be amended with a NEW SECTION:

Only a scrap metal business with a valid state sales tax license may purchase a detached catalytic converter.

A person may not purchase, trade for, or pledge to buy a detached catalytic converter, or offer or advertise to purchase, trade for, or pledge to buy a detached catalytic converter, unless the person follows the requirements under §§ 34A-6-108 to 34A-6-112, inclusive.

An Act to revise requirements for sales of catalytic converters to scrap metal businesses.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the:

House as Bill No. 1174

Chief Clerk

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1174

File No. ____

Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office

this _____ day of _____________,

2022 at ____________M.

By

for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby

approved this ________ day of

______________, A.D., 2022

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

ss.

Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2022

at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By

Asst. Secretary of State