The bill requires a person who sells, transfers, buys, or receives a catalytic converter or its parts for the purpose of recycling, processing, or smelting the catalytic converter or its parts to keep a record of the sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt including: • The name and contact information for the person to whom the catalytic converter or its parts were sold or transferred to or bought or received from; • The date of the transaction;
• The quantities of the transaction; and • The vehicle identification number of the car that the catalytic converter was removed from or any identification number associated with the catalytic converter. The person is required to keep the record for a year from the date of the sale or transfer and shall allow law enforcement, the commodity metals theft prevention task force, or the department of public health and environment to review the records upon request. The bill creates the catalytic converter identification and theft prevention grant program to award grants to eligible recipients for public awareness campaigns regarding catalytic converter theft, catalytic converter theft prevention parts, assistance to victims of catalytic converter theft, and catalytic converter identification and tracking efforts.
