Public Act 098-0934
 
HB5845 EnrolledLRB098 15789 ZMM 50822 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
    Section 5. The Pawnbroker Regulation Act is amended by

adding Section 20 as follows:
 
    (205 ILCS 510/20)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2014)
    Sec. 20. Precious Metal Purchasers Task Force. 
    (a) The General Assembly finds: 
        (1) There has been, and continues to be, a significant 
    expansion in the volume of precious metals and jewelry sold 
    through pawnbrokers, auction services, for-profit  
    consignment sellers, and other resellers.
        (2) There has been, and continues to be, a similar 
    increase in the volume of stolen precious metals and 
    jewelry.
        (3) Access by law enforcement to sales-related 
    information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, 
    for-profit consignment sellers, and other resellers has 
    always been an important tool in combating burglary, 
    robbery, theft, and other crimes directed at personal 
    property.
        (4) Recent advances in electronic data collection and  
    compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of 
    sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction 
    services, for-profit consignment sellers, and other 
    resellers.
        (5) Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction 
    services, for-profit consignment sellers, resellers, and 
    information technology-related businesses in several 
    states have created differing systems to provide law 
    enforcement with timely access to sales-related 
    information.
  
    (b) There is hereby created the Precious Metal Purchasers 
Task Force, consisting of members appointed as follows:
  
        (1) two members from the Senate, one appointed by the 
    Senate President and one appointed by the Minority Leader;
        (2) two members from the House of Representatives, one 
    appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by 
    the Minority Leader;
        (3) one member appointed by the Governor as chairperson 
    of the task force;
        (4) one member appointed by the Secretary of State;
        (5) one member appointed by the Attorney General;
        (6) one member appointed by the Secretary of Financial 
    and Professional Regulation from the Department of 
    Financial and Professional Regulation;
        (7) one member appointed by the Director of State 
    Police from the Department of State Police;
        (8) one member from a statewide organization 
    representing the Chiefs of Police appointed by the 
    Governor;
        (9) one member recommended by the Illinois Municipal 
    League and appointed by the Governor;
        (10) one member of an association representing the 
    interests of pawnbrokers appointed by the Governor;
        (11) one member representing the interests of 
    for-profit consignment shops appointed by the Governor;
        (12) one member representing the interests of the 
    insurance industry with a strong vested interest in 
    stopping theft and recovering stolen goods appointed by the 
    Governor;
        (13) two       members representing the interests of the 
    general public appointed by the Governor; 
        (14) one member representing the interests of the scrap 
    recycling industry appointed by the Governor; 
        (15) one member of a statewide association exclusively 
    representing retailers appointed by the Governor; and 
        (16) one member of an association representing 
    numismatic shops appointed by the Governor. 
    All members appointed under this Section shall serve 
without compensation, and may be reimbursed for their 
reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated from 
the Pawnbroker Regulation Fund.
    (c) The task force shall study the various systems, 
technologies, and methods of operation for providing law 
enforcement with the timely access to information relating to 
the sales of precious metals and jewelry by pawnbrokers, 
auction sellers, for-profit consignment sellers, resellers, 
and other persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, 
but not limited to, providers of technology and services 
relating to the collection, compilation, storage, and access to 
such information.
    (d) The Department of Financial and Professional 
Regulation shall provide any necessary administrative and 
other support to the task force. 
    (e) On or before December 31, 2014 2013, the task force 
shall file and present a report to the General Assembly 
concerning its recommendations regarding the systems and 
technologies, together with their usage and potential funding 
mechanisms and sources, to be implemented to create a statewide 
system for the collection of information of the sales of 
precious metals and jewelry by pawnbrokers, auction services, 
for-profit consignment sellers, and other resellers, and for 
the compilation, storage, and timely access to that information 
by law enforcement and shall include proposed legislation to 
implement its recommendations, if needed.
    (f) This Section is repealed on June 30, 2015 December 31, 
2014.

(Source: P.A. 98-68, eff. 7-15-13.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.