Amending Various Sections within Chapter 4 Requiring Electronic Reporting of Transactions by Precious Metals Dealers Regulated

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Electronic Reporting Ordinance Page 2 d er*6m &lcar4*wW *dee amm. (sbrc mffof the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4 -44 addressing Precious Metal Dealers of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended by changing paragraphs (c) and (e) to read in their entirety as follows and by adding new paragraph (i) which shall read as follows: (c) Electronic Reporting to Police and Records Required; Contents.[ (1) Every dealer shall maintain a physical precious metal report. Each dealer shall keep and preserve data on or through an electronic or computer data system database on a daily basis for the preceding 24 -hour period of all purchases of any precious metal items. Such information shall be sent via electronic forms of transmission to the South Bend Police Department using the Records Management System being used by the South Bend Police Department for the Preceding 24 -hour period on a daily basis. The reports must contain the seller's full legal name, physical address, date of birth, gender, race, height and weight, as well as the price paid for each item, the purchase date and time, a description of each article purchased, including identifying marks, engravings, and the manufacturer (where known), and the seller's driver's license number or the number or any other identification issued by a governmental authority bearing the seller's photograph. The form shall also bear digital photographs of the items being purchased and a clear, inked or digital impression of the seller's right thumb print and the same transaction number as recorded in the dealer's record book as required by paragraph (2) below. If the right thumb is missing any of the customers' fingerprints may be used with an identification of what finger is used in the right thumb's absence written adjacent to the inked or digital fingerprint on the form. The inked or digital fingerprint shall be made in a manner readable by the Police Department and shall not be blurred or obliterated. (2) The dealer shall also record the seller's physical description and a description of the property purchased, as required in this section, and shall retain the physical precious metal report and information for three (3) years from the date of the last purchase recorded therein. The physical precious metal report and information can be stored, by the dealer, in either printed or digital form as long as a printed physical precious metal report is available to the police department upon request within the three (3) years from the date of the last purchase recorded therein. (3) Any records required to be kept or maintained under this section shall be available at all times for inspection by the Police Chief or person duly authorized by him or her to inspect the records. (e) Precious metals to be held before resale by dealer. All precious metals purchased by a dealer must be held for thirty (30) days in the. dealer's possession, before being resold, exchanged, melted or altered in any manner. All such precious metals must be held at the precious metal dealer's permanent ' LeadsOnline is the largest online investigative system used by law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes and is compatible with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).