TITLE 10
COMMERCE AND TRADE
Section 1. Selling and Other Trade Practices, 10-1-1 through 10-1-915.
ARTICLE 14
SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
10-1-358. Purchases of regulated metal property exempted from application of article.
This article shall not apply to purchases of regulated metal property from:
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Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the state as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school-sponsored organizations or associations or from any nonprofit corporations or associations;
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A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity;
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A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;
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Any public official acting under judicial process or authority who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;
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A sale on the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler; or
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A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such vendor is not a secondary metals recycler.
(Code 1981, §10-1-355, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2452, § 1; Code 1981, §10-1-358, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1-1/HB 872.)
Editor's notes.
- Ga. L. 2012, p. 112,
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1/HB 872, effective July 1, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 10-1-358 as present Code Section 10-1-363.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 112,
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4-1(a)/HB 872, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on or after July 1, 2012.
Law reviews.
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For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 238 (2012).
