Resolution 14676CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14676
OPPOSE AB 391 (PAN) A BILL RELATED TO ELECTRONIC REPORTING FOR
SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS
WHEREAS, AB 391 (Pan), "Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers:
Electronic Reporting," is a bill currently pending in the State Senate; and
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WHEREAS, if enacted, AB 391 could have a significant negative financial
4. impact on the Alameda Point Antiques Faire and other similar enterprises; and
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WHEREAS, AB 391 would require all licensed secondhand dealers and
coin dealers to pay a biennial fee of no more than $300 to create and maintain a
statewide electronic database into which each dealer would be required to report
"all secondhand tangible personal property, except for firearms, which he or she
has purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale or consignment,
or accepted for auctioning, to the chief of police or to the sheriff" of the
jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the reporting, which includes such information as the
identification of the seller of the property, a description of the property, and a
fingerprint of the seller, among other things, would be required within 24 hours of
the acquisition of the goods; and
WHEREAS, secondhand dealers are already required to hold all acquired
reportable tangible personal property for 30 days before reselling it, and these
reporting requirements are enforced at the discretion of local jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, passage of this bill could have a chilling effect on the buying
and selling of antiques, collectibles and used merchandise since the timeframes
and regulations in the bill could prove difficult for small independent business
persons to comply with appropriately.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Alameda opposes AB 391 (Pan), "Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers:
Electronic Reporting.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed b the Council of the City of Alameda in a
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regular meeting assembled on the l5 day of May, 2012, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 16th day of May 2012.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda