Official:Amending Section 9-603 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Pawnbrokers," and Section 9-615, entitled "Dealers in Precious Metals," to require pawnbrokers and dealers in precious metals to share transactional information with the Police Department through an internet-accessible electronic inventory tracking system, to comply with additional safeguards in order to facilitate the recovery of stolen property, to increase the license fee for dealers in precious metals and to enhance the penalties for violations; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kelly
Introduced: December 10, 2009
Signed: June 17, 2010
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires pawnbrokers and precious metal dealers to share transactional information with the Police Department through an online system to help recover stolen property.
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