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2007 SESSION
SB 1176 Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating.
Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers. Adds the regulation of secondhand dealers and secondhand stores to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers. The bill also (i) requires secondhand dealers to prepare a daily report of goods and items sold to them, (ii) requires a pawnbroker to maintain records of each loan or transaction in the course of business for a period of one year, (iii) requires pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to obtain a single thumbprint of the person pawning or selling an item, and (iv) authorizes localities to enact an ordinance requiring pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to report their daily transactions electronically to a designated law-enforcement official of the locality. The bill adds secondhand dealers to the existing penalty provisions for pawnbrokers.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071534820
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/24/07 Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology