I am forwarding this e-mail on pending legislation in California that
should be of interest to Antique Dealers everywhere. And all
California dealers should contact their representatives and the
Governor regarding this detrimental proposal.
more...

Penny Barker

IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE ALERT!
THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS IS IN PERIL!

Last summer we defeated the attempt by the pawnbrokers to require all
second hand dealers (everyone involved in the Antiques Trade) and
auction houses (eBay sellers included!) to:

1. Get fingerprints of all persons they purchase anything from.

2. Report all purchases to law enforcement within 24 hours.

3. Hold property for 30 days.

4. Pay a variety of annual fees (over $350.00!) to be allowed to
conduct business.

THIS BILL IS BACK!

It is now called AB 1178 and must be stopped! The sheer weight of
paperwork alone would put many antiques dealers out of business or
force them to move to a different state to avoid this repressive law.

Please write, email and call the legislators listed below to protest
this threat to the antique trades.
This bill will affect everyone in the collecting world if we do not
defeat it.

Details at www.assembly.ca.gov

This is the bills sponsor! Contact him first!

Leland Yee
(Mr. Yee represents San Francisco. It is important that San Francisco
residents call
him.)
Dem-12
(916) 319-2012
Assemblymember.yee@...


Members of the Assembly Business and
Professions Committee

Gloria Negrete McLeod, Chair
Dem-61
(916) 319-2061
Assemblymember.McLeod@...

Shirley Horton, Vice Chair
Rep-78
916) 319-2078
Assemblymember.Shirley.Horton@...

Karen Bass
Dem-47
(916) 319-2047
Assemblymember.Bass@...

Dario Frommer
Dem-43
(916) 319-2043
Assemblymember.Frommer@...

Paul Koretz
Dem-42
(916) 319-2042
Assemblymember.Koretz@...

Bill Maze
Rep-34
(916) 319-2034
Assemblymember.maze@...

Joe Nation
Dem-6
(916) 319-2006
Joe.Nation@...

Van Tran
Rep-68
(916) 319-2068
assemblymember.tran@...\

Juan Vargas
Dem-79
(916) 319-2079
Assemblymember.Vargas@...

Also contact Governor Schwarzenegger at governor@...




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Michael Grimes
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Here is a further update on the pending California legislation.

copperpenny22

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Thanks for all of the interest in this topic. I have been getting a lot of emails from people who are unable to locate the information online about the bill.

I know the info is hard to find, maybe because it is so new. Here is where you need to go: http://www.leginfo.ca.

This will take you to the California Legislature page. That is where you need to click the button for bill info and type in the bill number (1178).

You can also check the old bill which was SB 1893, but make sure that you choose LAST year (2003-2004), not the current year.

Just in case, here is the complete link: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1178_bill_20050222_introduced.html

Lastly, it was pointed out to me that there was a typo in the governors email address and that it should have said: governor@governor.ca.gov

Also, here is the copy of what it says:

BILL NUMBER: AB 1178INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Yee

FEBRUARY 22, 2005

An act to amend Section 21625 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to personal property.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1178, as introduced, Yee. Dealers and pawnbrokers.
Existing law generally requires a pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, coin dealer, and business machine dealer, as defined, to report specified transactions to the local law enforcement agency where their business is located.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


SECTION 1. Section 21625 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
21625. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to curtail the dissemination of stolen property and to facilitate the recovery of stolen property by means of a uniform, statewide, state-administered program of regulation of persons whose principal business is the buying, selling, trading, auctioning, or taking in pawn of tangible personal property and to aid the State Board of Equalization to detect possible sales tax evasion.Further, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require the uniform statewide reporting of tangible personal property acquired by persons whose principal business is the buying, selling, trading, auctioning, or taking in pawn of tangible personal property, unless the property or the transaction is specifically
exempt herein pursuant to this article
, for the purpose of correlating these reports with other reports of city, county, and city and county law enforcement agencies and further utilizing the services of the Department of Justice to aid in tracing and recovering stolen property.
Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that this article shall not be superseded or supplanted by the provisions of any ordinance or charter of any city, county, or city and county.



Sincerely
Michael Grimes
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copperpenny22
I went ahead and edited it so it will fit for the front news section

Thank you for doing the editing. I got side-tracked here on another issue.

copperpenny22