CHAPTER 101

SB 104 – FINAL VERSION

03/07/13 0520s

05/02/13 1723EBA

2013 SESSION

13-0941

08/09

SENATE BILL 104

AN ACT establishing a commission to study the current community-based system of commodities reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a commission to study the current community-based system of commodities reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/07/13 0520s

05/02/13 1723EBA

13-0941

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT establishing a commission to study the current community-based system of commodities reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

101:1 New Section; Commission to Study Commodities Reporting. Amend RSA 322 by inserting after section 13 the following new section:

322:14 Commission to Study Commodities Reporting.

I. There is established a commission to study the current community-based system of commodities reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire and to examine the advisability of creating a statewide data base to assist in the deterrence or investigation of metal theft in New Hampshire. The members of the commission shall be as follows:

(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate president.

(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(c) One member, from law enforcement in a community where a scrap metal business resides, appointed by the senate president.

(d) One member from the New Hampshire Police Chiefs’ Association, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(e) One representative of the scrap metal dealer industry, appointed by the senate president.

(f) One representative of the scrap metal dealer industry, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(g) One member of the construction industry in New Hampshire appointed by the senate president.

(h) One member of the Auto and Truck Recyclers of New Hampshire, appointed by the speaker of the house.

II. The commission shall:

(a) Study the current system of community-based regulation and reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire.

(b) Study the occurrence of metal theft and arrest records in New Hampshire under the current system.

(c) Examine what tools exist in New Hampshire currently to curb the incidence of metal theft.

(d) Study effective models in others states and their funding mechanisms.

(e) Review and recommend on the advisability of creating a statewide database for New Hampshire, funded by fees on those regulated, and its potential to assist in the deterrence or aid in investigations of metal theft in New Hampshire.

III. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

IV. Members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

V. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor and the state library on or before November 1, 2013.

101:2 Repeal. RSA 322:14, relative to commission to study the current community-based system of commodities reporting by junk or scrap metal dealers in New Hampshire, is repealed.

101:3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2013.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 24, 2013

Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect November 1, 2013.

II. Remainder shall take effect June 24, 2013.