2006-047-RES-amending by adding a new article III to chapter 19, metals and metal dealers

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Aluminum material means a product made from aluminum, an aluminum alloy or an aluminum by-product. The term includes an aluminum beer keg, but does not otherwise include an aluminum can used to contain a food or beverage. Bronze material means: (1 ) A cemetery vase, receptacle or memorial made from bronze; (2) Bronze statuary; or (3) Material that is readily identifiable as bronze. Copper or brass material means insulated or noninsulated copper wire or cable of the type used by public utilities or common carriers that consists of at least 50 percent copper, copper or brass items of a type commonly used in construction or by public utilities or any combination consisting only of those items. Passport means a passport issued by the United States or issued by another country and recognized by the United States. Personal identification certificate means a personal identification card issued by the state department of public safety under V.T.C.A., Transportation Code S 521.101 et seq. or an analogous card or certificate issued by another state. Regulated material means aluminum material, bronze material or copper or brass material. Secondhand metal dealer means an auto wrecker, a scrap metal processor or any other person or organization purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring regulated material or any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a scrap metal yard or other place where scrap metal or cast- off regulated material of any kind is gathered together or kept for shipment, sale or transfer. State law references: Similar provisions, Texas Occupations Code, Section 1956.001. Sec. 19-31. Violations, penalties. In addition to the penalties imposed under section 1-6, a court, on the conviction of a secondhand metal dealer who has been convicted of a violation of this division within the 36 months preceding the date of the offense, may order that the dealer cease from engaging in business as a secondhand metal dealer for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of the order for each violation that forms the basis of the conviction. State law references: Similar provisions, Texas Occupations Code, Section 1956.011.