§ 34A-6-108 — Definition of terms.

Terms used in this section and §§ 34A-6-109 to 34A-6-112 , inclusive, mean: (1) "Industrial or commercial account," any person or business, including a scrap metal business, operating from a fixed location, that sells nonferrous metal to a scrap metal recycler pursuant to a contractual arrangement or agreement; (2) "Law enforcement officer," any law enforcement officer as defined in § 23-3-7 ; (3) "Nonferrous metal property," any metal property for which the value of the metal property is derived from the property's content of copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, platinum, rhodium, palladium, or nickel, or any of their alloys, including detached catalytic converters. Aluminum does not include any food or beverage containers, except for a beer keg; (4) "Record," a paper, electronic, or other method of storing information; (5) "Scrap metal business," any scrap metal supplier, scrap metal recycling center, or scrap metal processor; (6) "Transaction," a pledge to buy, the purchase of, or the trade for any nonferrous metal property by a scrap metal business from any person. A transaction does not include a sale or trade involving any industrial or commercial account.

Legislative History

SL 2008, ch 179, § 1; SL 2022, ch 139, § 1.