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

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Electronic Reporting Ordinance Page 4 or digital fingerprint shall be made in a manner readable by the Police Department and shall not be blurred or obliterated. (2) Any dealer or operator who is required to be licensed under this section and who has a record with the City of having violated any of the provisions of this section within the past calendar year, shall be required to place a hold on all ferrous and /or nonferrous metal purchased for a minimum period of one (1) five 5 business days after notification to the local law enforcement agency required by subsection above, with any additional holding period required for enforcement and investigative purposes being determined on a case by case basis by the South Bend Police Department. The license issued under this section shall specify the amount of time the items are to be held. (3) The dealer or operator shall also record the seller's physical description and a description of the property purchased, as required by this section, and shall retain the physical sales report and information for three (3) years from the date of the last purchase recorded therein. (4) 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. Section III. Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4 -53 addressing Secondhand Stores of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended by changing paragraphs (d), (e) (f) to read in their entirety as follows; and by deleting paragraph (g) in its entirety and re- lettering the paragraphs affected by this deletion: (d) License fee. The applicant for a second hand store license shall pay an annual fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the Controller, upon approval of the Board and Police Department and issuance of the license. (e) Electronic Report to Police and Records Required; Contents. (1) Every dealer shall maintain a physical secondhand sales 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 secondhand 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 data shall include the time of purchase of any article of firearm, electronic items, appliances, equipment, tools or other item originally marked with a serial number or marked with an owner's engraving or mark. 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, the manufacturer of the item, model number of the item, the serial number of the item, and the seller's driver's license number or the number of any other identification issued by a governmental authority bearing the seller's photograph. The form shall also bear a digital photograph of the items bring 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