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Committee Statement to Senate, No. 249 — Scrap Metal Businesses and Catalytic Converters, New Jersey (2022)

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This is the Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 249, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated March 14, 2022. The committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 249, which as amended modifies the regulation of scrap metal businesses to cover catalytic converters. The bill amends the definition of "scrap metal" to include a used catalytic converter, in whole or in part, that is not attached to a motor vehicle. It requires the owner of a scrap metal business to maintain, for at least five years, a record of all receipts or purchases of scrap metal in excess of 100 pounds or $50, whichever is less. For a used catalytic converter bought from certain sellers, the business must also retain the Vehicle Identification Number of the vehicle it was taken from.

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“Committee Statement to Senate, No. 249 — Scrap Metal Businesses and Catalytic Converters, New Jersey (2022).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2022-03-14-scm-s249-s1-5d29f18613/, SHA-256 9e4dbcbb1f4861b58e0e4a4fb84423736e3543d5710a322abebae06600868b41.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

                    SENATE, No. 249
                    with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                      DATED: MARCH 14, 2022

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 249.
   As amended, the bill modifies existing law on the regulation of
scrap metal businesses to incorporate certain provisions concerning
catalytic converters.
   The bill amends the definition of “scrap metal” to include a used
catalytic converter, in whole or in part, if the used catalytic
converter is not attached to a motor vehicle.
    The bill requires the owner of a scrap metal business to
maintain, for at least five years, a record of all receipts or purchases of
scrap metal in excess of 100 pounds or $50, whichever is less,
including, among other items, the date of receipt or purchase of the
scrap metal and the name and address of the person delivering or
selling the scrap metal. The bill also expands the information the
scrap metal business is to retain if a used catalytic converter not
attached to a motor vehicle is purchased by the business from a seller
that is not a registered business that, in the regular course of business,
collects, stores, or sells a used catalytic converter or any other motor
vehicle part. That information includes:
    (1) the Vehicle Identification Number of the motor vehicle from
which the catalytic converter was taken; and
    (2) a copy of the certificate of title or registration, a receipt from a
transaction of repair, or a bill of sale for the motor vehicle from which
the catalytic converter was taken.
    The bill also provides that the owner of a scrap metal business is
required to purchase or attempt to purchase only from a person
delivering or selling scrap metal who provides the information
required.
    Lastly, the bill provides that offering or attempting to offer for sale
a used catalytic converter, in whole or in part, that is not attached to a
motor vehicle is to be limited to a scrap metal business, unless the
seller of the used catalytic converter is a registered business that, in the
regular course of business, collects, stores, or sells a catalytic
converter or any other motor vehicle part.
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   This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2022-2023 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to remove the existing provisions
of the bill and replace them with provisions that:
    (1) amend the definition of “scrap metal” to include a used
catalytic converter, in whole or in part, if the used catalytic
converter is not attached to a motor vehicle;
    (2) expand the information the owner of a scrap metal business is
to retain if a used catalytic converter not attached to a motor vehicle is
purchased from certain sellers by the scrap metal business;
    (3) provide that the owner of a scrap metal business is required to
purchase or attempt to purchase only from a person delivering or
selling scrap metal who provides the information required pursuant to
the bill; and
    (4) provide that offering or attempting to offer for sale a used
catalytic converter, in whole or in part, that is not attached to a motor
vehicle is to be limited to a scrap metal business, unless the seller of
the used catalytic converter is a registered business that, in the regular
course of business, collects, stores, or sells a catalytic converter or any
other motor vehicle part.

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