§ 117.05. Electronic transaction records required.

(a)

All secondary metals recyclers shall maintain a legible electronic record, in the English language, of all purchase transactions involving regulated metal property and restricted regulated metal property to which such secondary metals recycler is a party. Such electronic format will be the Leads Online software or such software as is otherwise designated in writing by the Port St. Lucie Police Department. It shall be the responsibility of the individual secondary metal recycler, or any employee thereof, to obtain the most current data specifications of the designated electronic format.

(b)

The following information shall be maintained and transmitted to the police department in the specified electronic data format described in subsection(a), above:

(1)

The name and address of the secondary metals recycler;

(2)

The name, initials, or other identification of the individual entering the information regarding the transaction;

(3)

The date and time of the transaction;

(4)

The weight, quantity or volume, and a specific detailed description of the type of regulated metals property (to include its common English name) purchased in a purchase transaction;

(5)

Digital image(s) of items that accurately reflect specific detailed characteristics of item(s);

(6)

The distinctive number from the personal identification card of the seller;

(7)

A description of the seller including:

a.

Full name, current residential address, workplace, and home and work phone numbers;

b.

Height, weight, date of birth, gender, hair color, eye color, and any other identifying marks, as well as a digital image of the seller;

c.

A vehicle description to include the make, model, and tag number of the vehicle and trailer of the seller of the regulated metals property; and

d.

Any other information required by the form approved by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and as specified in F.S. § 538.19, except the amount of consideration given in the purchase transaction.

(c)

Such information shall be electronically transmitted for the previous day's business to the police department by 10:00 a.m. on each day the secondary metals recycler is open for business.

(d)

A secondary metals recycler shall maintain or cause to be maintained the information required by this section for not less than five (5) years from the date of purchase transaction. Further, the secondary metals recycler must electronically scan and preserve in digital format, images of the documents upon which the secondary metals recycler relied to establish reasonable proof of ownership or authority to act on the Seller's behalf. These records must be preserved by the secondary metals recycler for five years from the date of the transaction.

(e)

If the purchase transaction involves the transfer of regulated metals property from a) a secondary metals recycler registered with the state or b) an exempt seller under subsection 117.04(b) of this Code to a secondary metals recycler registered with the state, the secondary metals recycler receiving the regulated metals property shall record the seller's business name and address and the name of the seller's business representative or seller's point of contact in lieu of the requirements listed in paragraph (6) above.

(Ord. No. 12-07, § 1, 2-27-12)