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Amend HB 1951 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 1956.051(3), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
(3) "Crafted precious metal" means jewelry, silverware, an art object, or another object, made wholly or partly from precious metal, that is selling at less than 105 percent of the scrap value of the object, other than a coin, a bar, or a commemorative medallion[, or scrap or a broken item selling at five percent or more than the scrap value of the item].
SECTION ____. Section 1956.0613, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1956.0613. INVESTIGATION BY COMMISSIONER; INSPECTION OF RECORDS. (a) The commissioner shall:
(1) monitor the operations of a dealer to ensure compliance with this subchapter [chapter]; and
(2) receive and investigate complaints against a dealer or a person acting as a dealer.
(b) If the commissioner receives a written complaint regarding a violation of this subchapter by a person, or has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating this subchapter, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative may inspect any record, account, paper, book, or correspondence of the person, regardless of whether the person is registered as a dealer.
(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative may take statements in an investigation of a matter under this subchapter.
SECTION ____. Section 1956.063, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c) For each transaction regulated by this subchapter, the dealer shall submit a report on a preprinted and prenumbered form prescribed by the commissioner or in the manner described by Subsection (c-1). The form must include the following:
(1) the date of the transaction;
(2) a description of the crafted precious metal purchased by the dealer;
(3) the name and physical address of the dealer; and
(4) the name, physical description, and physical address of the seller or transferor.
(c-1) A dealer may submit a list required by Section 1956.062(b) in satisfaction of the reporting requirement of this section if the list contains the information described by Subsection (c).
(d) the dealer shall retain a copy of the report until the later of: