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§ 20-375 SUNSET DATE.
   This article shall terminate on December 31, 2030 unless reauthorized by city council.
(Ord. 24534-11-2020, § 1, passed 11-17-2020, eff. 1-1-2021; Ord. 25165-10-2021, § 1, passed 10-19-2021)
§§ 20-376—20-382 RESERVED.
ARTICLE XI: METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES
Editor’s note:
   Section 1 of Ord. 21615-02-2015, adopted January 27, 2015, repealed §§ 20-383 through 20-400. Formerly, said sections pertained to Secondary Metal Recyclers, and derived from § 1 of Ord. 17073, passed July 25, 2006.
§ 20-383 PURPOSE.
   This article is an exercise of the city's police power to promote regulation of metal recycling entities through the recovery of stolen property. In addition to state law, the city seeks to provide additional licensing, recordkeeping requirements, and enforcement procedures, that will enable the Fort Worth police department to identify and recover public and private property composed of certain metal that may have been illegally appropriated.
(Ord. 21615-01-2015, § 1, passed 1-27-2015)
§ 20-384 DEFINITIONS.
   In this article:
   CHIEF OF POLICE. The chief of police for the City of Fort Worth, or a designated representative.
   CLEAR DIGITAL STILL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH. A photo, of a resolution approved by the chief of police, which accurately depicts the image being captured.
   CLEAR AND LEGIBLE THUMBPRINT. An intentional recording of the friction ridge detail on the volar pads of the thumb.
   LICENSEE. A person in whose name a license has been issued under this article or a person listed as an applicant on the application for a license.
   METAL RECYCLING ENTITY. Shall have the meaning assigned under Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.001(7).
   PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, association and any other legal entity.
   PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT. Shall have the meaning assigned under Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.001(8).
   PURCHASE TRANSACTION. A transaction in which a metal recycling entity gives consideration in exchange for regulated material.
   REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC WEB-BASED DATABASE. The electronic filing system approved by the chief of police in which data is organized by fields and records, and that is capable of transmitting a file or responding to input immediately via the internet.
   REGULATED MATERIAL. Shall have the meaning assigned under Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.001(9).
   SELLER. Any person who, in a purchase transaction, receives consideration from a metal recycling entity in exchange for regulated material.
(Ord. 21615-01-2015, § 1, passed 1-27-2015)
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