SB 1439 - Under the act, no person shall engage in buying or selling of catalytic converters, as described in the act, or the component parts of catalytic converters. A trade-in record for a detached catalytic converter shall include proof the seller is a bona fide automobile repair shop or an affidavit attesting the detached catalytic converter was obtained lawfully and shall include a vehicle identifiable information, as described in the act, from which the detached catalytic converter was originated. The record shall be maintained in order of a transaction date for a minimum of 4 years, instead of 36 months.
The Department of Revenue shall create and make available on its website a standardized form for recording the records under the act. At least monthly, a purchaser, collector, or dealer of scrap metal or junk shall submit to the Department the records required under the act on the Department's form, as described in the act.
The act repeals certain provisions relating to the purchase of stolen detached catalytic converters. Under the act, anyone who is convicted of violating these provisions shall be guilty of a class E felony and shall be subject to having any business license revoked.
Any transaction for which a minor part of a larger item, except minor parts of heating and cooling equipment, including any catalytic converter of such equipment, shall remain subject to the provisions of the act.
A person commits the offense of stealing if he or she receives, retains, or disposes of a catalytic converter and knows that it has been stolen, believes that it has been stolen, or reasonably should suspect that it has been stolen.
A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a detached catalytic converter, unless the detached catalytic converter is possessed in the course of a legitimate business purpose, is a component or constituent part of an item or equipment owned by the person, or the possession of the detached catalytic converter is for some other lawful purpose.
The offense of unlawful possession of a detached catalytic converter is a class E felony.
The act identical to HB 1721 (2024), HB 2066 (2024), provisions in HB 2276 (2024), the perfected HS/HCS/HBs 532 & 751 (2023), substantially similar to provisions in HB 751 (2023), and similar to HB 555 (2023) and to provisions in HB 1456 (2022).
JULIA SHEVELEVA