Int. No. 10
By Council Members Borelli and Brannan
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to strengthening the existing record-keeping requirements of pawnshops and dealers of second-hand articles
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions d and e of section 20-268 of the administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as follows:
d. It shall be unlawful for any such dealer to sell or dispose of any articles or things except household furniture, curtains, carpets, stoves, kitchen utensils, office furniture, automobiles, motor and other vehicles, machinery, belting, building materials and barrels, or other articles or things received from a dealer or pawnbroker, or which have been received from persons known to be jewelers, dealers, banking institutions, executors or administrators, until the expiration of [fifteen] 30 days after such purchase or redemption.
e. All second-hand articles or things purchased for the purpose of melting or refining by persons principally engaged in such business, from persons who are not jewelers or dealers, shall not be sold, refined or melted or disposed of until the expiration of [fifteen] 30 days after such purchase. Such items as described in the preceding paragraph shall be kept on the premises described in the license which is required by section 20-265 of this chapter.
? 2. Subdivisions b and c of section 20-273 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 149 for the year 2013, are amended to read as follows:
b. In addition to maintaining written records in accordance with subdivision a of this section, every dealer in second-hand articles that deals in the purchase or sale of any second-hand manufactured article composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or deals in the purchase or sale of any old gold, silver, pla...
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