PRINTER'S NO. 503
No. 478 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PERZEL AND GANNON, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
AN ACT 1 Requiring identification of persons selling precious metal, 2 jewelry and other items and providing penalties. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Identification requirement. 6 Any person who solicits the general public for the purchase 7 of gold, silver and other precious metals, jewelry, old coins 8 and other like items shall require a positive identification of 9 any person from whom he makes a purchase. 10 Section 2. Purchase records. 11 The purchaser shall retain a record of each purchase for at 12 least one year following the date thereof. The record shall 13 contain a description of the item or items purchased, the type 14 of identification produced by the seller and a recording of any 15 identifying numbers and other pertinent information on the 16 identification documents. Purchase records shall be made 17 available to law enforcement agencies at their request.
1 Section 3. Penalty. 2 Any purchaser who violates any provision of this act shall, 3 upon conviction thereof at a summary proceeding be sentenced to 4 pay a fine of $500. 5 Section 4. Effective date. 6 This act shall take effect in 60 days. B2L12DGS/19810H0478B0503 - 2 -