13-32a-112 - Secondhand Merchandise Advisory Board -- Membership -- Duties -- Providing training -- Records of compliance -- Training compliance -- Rulemaking.
13-32a-112. Secondhand Merchandise Advisory Board -- Membership -- Duties --Providing training -- Records of compliance -- Training compliance -- Rulemaking.
(1) There is created within the division the Secondhand Merchandise Advisory Board. The board consists of 11 voting members and one nonvoting member:
(a) one representative of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association;
(b) one representative of the Utah Sheriffs Association;
(c) one representative of the Statewide Association of Prosecutors;
(d) three representatives from the pawnshop industry, two representatives from thesecondhand merchandise business industry, and one representative from the coin dealer industrywho are all appointed by the director of the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justiceand who represent three separate pawnshops, two separate secondhand merchandise dealers, andone coin dealer, each of which are owned by a separate person or entity;
(e) one law enforcement officer who is appointed by the board members underSubsections (1)(a) through (d);
(f) one law enforcement officer whose work regularly involves pawn and secondhandbusinesses and who is appointed by the board members under Subsections (1)(a) through (d); and
(g) one representative from the central database, who is nonvoting.
(2) (a) The board shall elect one voting member as the chair of the board by a majority ofthe members present at the board's first meeting each year.
(b) The chair shall preside over the board for a period of one year.
(c) The advisory board shall meet quarterly upon the call of the chair.
(3) (a) The board shall conduct quarterly training sessions regarding compliance with thischapter and other applicable state laws for any person who owns or is employed by a pawn orsecondhand business subject to this chapter.
(b) Each training session shall provide no fewer than two hours of training.
(4) (a) Each pawn, secondhand, and coin dealer business in operation as of January 1shall ensure one or more persons employed by the pawn or secondhand business each participatein no fewer than two hours of compliance training within that year.
(b) This requirement does not limit the number of employees, directors, or officers of apawn or secondhand business who attend the compliance training.
(5) The board shall monitor and keep a record of the hours of compliance trainingaccrued by each pawn or secondhand business.
(6) The board shall provide each pawn or secondhand business with a certificate ofcompliance upon completion by an employee of the two hours of compliance training underSubsection (4).
(7) (a) Each law enforcement agency that has a pawn or secondhand business locatedwithin its jurisdiction shall ensure that at least one of its officers completes two hours ofcompliance training yearly.
(b) Subsection (7)(a) does not limit the number of law enforcement officers who attendthe compliance training.
Amended by Chapter 272, 2009 General Session