815 ILCS 325/4.1: Restricted purchases.

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-689)

(a) It is a violation of this Act for any person to possess, purchase, attempt to purchase, sell or attempt to sell, or for any recyclable metal dealer to purchase or attempt to purchase, any of the following:

(1) materials that are clearly marked as property belonging to a business or someone else other than the seller;

(2) property associated with use by governments, utilities, or railroads including, but not limited to, guardrails, manhole covers, electric transmission and distribution equipment, including transformers, grounding straps, wires or poles, historical markers, street signs, traffic signs, sewer grates, or any rail, switch component, spike, angle bar, tie plate, or bolt of the type used in constructing railroad track;

(3) cemetery plaques or ornaments; or

(4) any catalytic converter or its contents not attached to a motor vehicle at the time of the transaction unless the seller is licensed as an automotive parts recycler or scrap processor.

(b) (Blank).

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-689)

Restricted purchases.

(a) It is a violation of this Act for any person to possess, purchase, attempt to purchase, sell or attempt to sell, or for any recyclable metal dealer to purchase or attempt to purchase, any of the following:

(1) materials that are clearly marked as property belonging to a business or someone else other than the seller;

(2) property associated with use by governments, utilities, or railroads including, but not limited to, guardrails, manhole covers, electric transmission and distribution equipment, including transformers, grounding straps, wires or poles, historical markers, street signs, traffic signs, sewer grates, or any rail, switch component, spike, angle bar, tie plate, or bolt of the type used in constructing railroad track;

(3) cemetery plaques or ornaments;

(4) any catalytic converter or its contents not attached to a motor vehicle at the time of the transaction unless the seller is licensed as an automotive parts recycler or scrap processor; or

(5) telecommunications wire in any amount unless the seller is an authorized agent, a representative, an employee, or a licensed contractor of a public utility, a provider of telecommunications services as described in Section 13-203 of the Public Utilities Act, or a provider of broadband service, interconnected VoIP services, or wireless services as described in Section 13-804 of the Public Utilities Act.

(b) (Blank).