(a) A metal recycling entity shall maintain an accurate and legible record of each purchase transaction. Each transaction must be recorded and filed separately.
(b) With the exception of the sale or transfer of aluminum cans, a metal recycling entity shall keep at its place of business a record in the real-time electronic web-based database, in which he or she shall enter daily in English, a full description of each purchase transaction at his or her place of business. The record must contain the items required under Tex. Occupations Code §§ 1956.033 and 1956.0331 as well as the following:
(1) The name and street address of the metal recycling entity;
(2) The name or initials of the individual recording the information required by this section for the metal recycling entity;
(3) The seller's gender and birth date;
(4) The make, model, color and license plate number of the motor vehicle in which the property is delivered in a purchase transaction, along with a clear digital still color photograph of the motor vehicle and any trailer attached to the motor vehicle and a clear digital still color photograph of the associated license plate(s);
(5) The time of the purchase transaction;
(6) An accurate description of the regulated material purchased and the type of metal from which the regulated material is made, including the weight, quantity or volume and a description, made in accordance with the custom of the trade, of the regulated material purchased, along with a clear digital still color photograph of the regulated material;
(7) The amount of consideration given in a purchase transaction for regulated material; and
(8) A clear and legible thumbprint of the seller taken at the time of the purchase transaction.
(c) All electronic submissions to the real-time electronic web-based database must be completed within 24 hours of the purchase transaction.
(d) A metal recycling entity shall maintain on file the information required by subsection (b) of this section for not less than two years after the date of the purchase transaction.
(e) A seller shall comply with all requirements of Tex. Occupations Code Chapter 1956 and in addition:
(1) Provide to the metal recycling entity the make, model, color and license plate number of the trailer used to deliver the regulated material, and the name of the state issuing the license plate; and
(2) Provide a clear and legible thumbprint taken at the time of the purchase transaction.
(Ord. 21615-01-2015, § 1, passed 1-27-2015)