Georgia § 10-1-358 - Purchases of regulated metal property exempted from application of article.

§ 10-1-358. Purchases of regulated metal property exempted from application of article.

This article shall not apply to purchases of regulated metal property from: Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the state as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school-sponsored organizations or associations or from any nonprofit corporations or associations; A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity; A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler; Any public official acting under judicial process or authority who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler; A sale on the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler; or A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such vendor is not a secondary metals recycler. (Code 1981, § 10-1-355 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2452, § 1; Code 1981, § 10-1-358 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1-1/HB 872.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1/HB 872, effective July 1, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 10-1-358 as present Code Section 10-1-363. Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 4-1(a)/HB 872, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on or after July 1, 2012. Law reviews. - For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 238 (2012).