Section 407.302

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE

Chapter 407

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  407.302.  Metal belonging to various entities — scrap yard not to purchase — violation, penalty. — 1.  No scrap yard shall purchase any metal that can be identified as belonging to a public or private cemetery, political subdivision, telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless service or other communications-related provider, electrical cooperative, water utility, municipal utility, or utility regulated under chapter 386 or 393, including bleachers, guardrails, signs, street and traffic lights or signals, and manhole cover or covers, whether broken or unbroken, from anyone other than the cemetery or monument owner, political subdivision, telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless service or other communications-related provider, electrical cooperative, water utility, municipal utility, utility regulated under chapter 386 or 393, or manufacturer of the metal or item described in this section unless such person is authorized in writing by the cemetery or monument owner, political subdivision, telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless service or other communications-related provider, electrical cooperative, water utility, municipal utility, utility regulated under chapter 386 or 393, or manufacturer to sell the metal.

  2.  Anyone convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

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(L. 2008 S.B. 1034 & 802, A.L. 2013 S.B. 157 and S.B. 102)