(815 ILCS 325/1)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 321) Sec. 1. This Act is known and may be cited as the "Copper Purchase Registration
Law". (Source: P. A. 76‑1476.)
(815 ILCS 325/2)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 322) Sec. 2. When used in this Act: "Copper" means any copper, copper alloy or brass bars, cable, ingots,
rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps, connectors or other appurtenances
utilized or that can be utilized by common carriers or by persons, firms,
corporations or municipal corporations engaged in either the generation,
transmission or distribution of electric energy or in telephone, telegraph
or other communications; "Copper dealer" means any individual, firm, corporation or partnership
engaged in the business of purchasing and reselling copper either at a
permanently established place of business or in connection with a business
of an itinerant nature, including junk shops, junk yards, junk stores, auto
wreckers, scrap metal dealers or processors, salvage yards, collectors of
or dealers in junk and junk carts or trucks. (Source: P. A. 76‑1476.)
(815 ILCS 325/3)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 323) Sec. 3. Except as provided in Section 5 of this Act every copper dealer in this
State shall enter on forms provided by the Department of State
Police or such department as may succeed to its functions, for each
purchase of copper consisting of 50 pounds or more the following
information: 1. The name and address of the copper dealer; 2. The date and place of each purchase; 3. The name and address of the person or persons
from whom the copper was purchased;
4. The motor vehicle license number of the vehicle
or conveyance on which the copper was delivered to the copper dealer;
5. A description of the copper purchased, including
the weight and whether it consists of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps, connectors or other appurtenances or some combination thereof.
A copy of the completed form shall be kept in a separate book or
register by the copper dealer and shall be retained for a period of 2 years. Such book or register shall be made available for inspection by any
law enforcement official or the representatives of common carriers and
persons, firms, corporations or municipal corporations engaged in either
the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy or engaged
in telephone, telegraph or other communications, at any time. (Source: P.A. 94‑181, eff. 1‑1‑06.)
(815 ILCS 325/4) Sec. 4. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 76‑1476. Repealed by P.A. 94‑181, eff. 1‑1‑06.)
(815 ILCS 325/5)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 325) Sec. 5. The provisions of Section 3 of this Act do not apply to
electrical contractors, to agencies or instrumentalities of the State of
Illinois or of the United States, to common carriers or to purchases from
persons, firms or corporations regularly engaged in the business of
manufacturing copper, the business of selling copper at retail or
wholesale, in the business of razing, demolishing, destroying or removing
buildings, to the purchase of one copper dealer from another or the
purchase from persons, firms or corporations engaged in either the
generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy or in
telephone, telegraph and other communications if such common carriers,
persons, firms or corporations at the time of the purchase provide the
copper dealer with a bill of sale or other written evidence of title to the
copper. (Source: P.A. 94‑181, eff. 1‑1‑06.)
(815 ILCS 325/6)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 326) Sec. 6. The Department of State Police, or such department
as may succeed to
its functions, shall prepare the forms provided for in Section 3 of this
Act
and shall make an electronic copy of the form available to the public on its website. (Source: P.A. 94‑181, eff. 1‑1‑06.)
(815 ILCS 325/7)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 327) Sec. 7. This Act shall not apply in any municipality which provides for the
registration of copper purchased by resolution, ordinance or regulation
which substantially complies with the substantive provisions of this Act or
any rule or regulation hereunder. The fact of such nonapplication shall be
evidenced by a certificate of exemption issued by the Department of State
Police or such department as may succeed to its functions,
if it finds
that a municipal resolution, ordinance or regulation meeting such
requirements is being enforced. Such certificate of exemption shall be
available for inspection in the office of the municipal clerk. This Act
does not apply in municipalities with populations of 1,000,000 or over. (Source: P.A. 84‑25.)
(815 ILCS 325/8)(from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 328) Sec. 8. Any copper dealer who knowingly fails to comply with this Act is guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor. Each day that any copper dealer so fails to
comply shall constitute a separate offense. (Source: P. A. 77‑2262.)
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