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(1) The fee for an annual license to operate a scrap or junkyard, or recycling operation shall be, two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) payable to the Office of the City Controller at the time of the issuance of such license. (2) The fee for an interim license to operate a scrap or junkyard, or recycling operation shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00). (3) The fee for each sixty-day extension of an interim license to operate a scrap or junkyard, or recycling operation shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). (h) Business hours. No person licensed under this section shall receive or purchase any property whatever from any person between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or on legal holidays. (i) Purchases from and sales by minors. (1) No person licensed under this article shall receive or purchase any property whatever from a minor at any time, except rags, paper and/or aluminum beverage cans or tin cans. (2) No minor shall sell or offer for sale to any person having a license as a junk dealer any of the articles mentioned in this article as coming under the term "junk," except the sale of rags, paper, and/or aluminum beverage cans or tin cans as provided in subsection (i)(1). (j) Business records of purchases required; information required; notice to law enforcement agencies; exceptions for aluminum beverage cans and/or tin cans. (1) Every dealer or operator required to be licensed under this section shall keep at his place of business a record of all purchases in accordance with accepted accounting practices. Each dealer or operator shall maintain at the place of business a bound book with consecutively numbered pages, in which the dealer or operator shall enter or cause to be entered in writing using permanent ink. (2) Every transaction involving ferrous or nonferrous metal where a single transaction involves less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), but does not include purchases between scrap metal processing facilities which are defined in IC 8-23-1-36 shall require the following to be obtained from each person involved in bringing such terms for the transaction on a form signed under pains and penalties of perjury. Said form shall be provided by the Department of Administration and Finance to all dealers or operators licensed under this section. All such dealers or operators shall retain completed forms for a period of two (2) years. The following information shall be entered on the forms: a. Date, time of purchase and street address where the ferrous and/or nonferrous metal was located prior to being brought to the licensed business for remuneration; b. Name, address, telephone (landline and cell, if any) of the individual or individuals from whom the scrap metal and/or valuable metal was purchased; C. Copy of individual(s) driver's license or other government issued identification card which has a picture of the individual or individuals from whom the scrap metal and/or valuable metal was purchased; d. Thumbprint impressions from the individual or from whom the scrap metal and/or valuable metal was purchased; e. Motor vehicle license number of the vehicle or conveyance on which the scrap metal and/or valuable metal was delivered and the year, make and model thereof; f. The price paid for the scrap metal and/or valuable metal; g. A description and weight of the scrap metal and/or valuable metal purchased; h. In the alternative, the dealer or operator may maintain the information required by this subsection in a computer program compatible with a program maintained by the South Bend Police Department or pre-approved by the South Bend Police Department. All business records shall be required to be retained for a period of two (2) years. Page 5