(A) Any person who owns, operates, or otherwise acts as a precious and or valuable metals dealer, scrapyard, scrap metal dealer, pawnshop, and or a secondhand retailer in accordance with such terms as defined above operating before this section was passed by the LaPorte County Commission shall have an implementation period of not more than 60 days after the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office provides written instructions on how to properly report transactions using the third party as determined and approved by the LaPorte County Sheriff.
(B) Any person who owns, operates, or otherwise acts as a precious and or valuable metals dealer, scrapyard, scrap metal dealer, pawnshop, and or a secondhand retailer in accordance with such terms as defined above operating after this section was passed by the LaPorte County Commission shall post and upload transaction records to the selected third party vendor beginning on the first day of operations in accordance with § 112.03.
(C) Any third party agent acting on behalf of and under contract by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office may not collect fees or other compensation from any person who owns, operates, or otherwise acts as a precious and or valuable metals dealer, scrapyard, scrap metal dealer, pawnshop, and or a secondhand retailer as previously defined in return for the use of its services. The third party may not require any person who owns, operates, or otherwise acts as a precious and or valuable metals dealer, scrapyard, scrap metal dealer, pawnshop, and or a secondhand retailer to purchase, lease or install any additional software or to purchase, lease or otherwise obtain any additional computer hardware.
(1) The third party must agree to provide technical and customer support to any person who owns, operates, or otherwise acts as a precious and or valuable metals dealer, scrapyard, scrap metal dealer, pawnshop, and or a secondhand retailer free of charge for purposes of compliance;
(2) Payment for the services of a third party must come directly from the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office or other authorized government entity that seeks to use a third party for implementation and compliance.
(Ord. 2020-1, passed 3-4-20)