House Sponsors: CAPPARELLI-SAVIANO-BUGIELSKI-BURKE-LYONS,JOSEPH AND BRADLEY. Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI Short description: PAWNBROKER ONE ID CARD Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Provides that a person only need show one form of identification when pawning items if the form of identification contains a photograph of the person and is issued by a governmental entity. Preempts exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Professional Regulation) HB619 would have no measurable fiscal impact. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that in municipalities of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, the pawnbroker must photograph the customer if the customer does not have a government-issued photo identification card. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that only one form of identification is required only if the identification shown is a driver's license or a State identifica- tion card issued by the Secretary of State and contains a photograph of the person being identified (rather than if the identification shown is issued by a governmental entity and contains a photograph of the person being identified). SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes provisions preempting exercise of home rule powers. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4. (Senate recedes May 27, 1999) Adds reference to: 205 ILCS 510/0.05 205 ILCS 510/2 from Ch. 17, par. 4652 205 ILCS 510/6 from Ch. 17, par. 4656 205 ILCS 510/11 from Ch. 17, par. 4661 Further amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Authorizes the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate to obtain an injunction to enforce compliance with the Act. Authorizes pawnbrokers to charge as fees the costs of government mandated taxes, including firearm background checks. Authorizes the Commissioner to inspect books and records of any business reasonably believed to be conducting pawn transactions. Requires records to be retained for 3 years. Provides that operating a pawnshop without a license is a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 6. Authorizes counties and municipalities to regulate pawnbroker identification requirements. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0608 Last action date: 99-08-19 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 4 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status