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2021 Op. Kan. Att'y Gen. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.sag/sagks0093 and id is 1 raw text is: May 26, 2021
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 2021- 1
The Honorable Jeff Longbine
State Senator, 17th District
2801 Lakeridge Rd.
Emporia, KS 66801

Re:

Synopsis:

Unfair Trade and Consumer Protection-Consumer Protection; Scrap
Metal Dealers-Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act; Definitions;
Implementation; Administration and Enforcement By the Attorney
General and Kansas Bureau of Investigation; Unlawful Acts; Person
Selling Regulated Scrap Metal; Information Required; Catalytic
Converters
A scrap metal dealer registered under the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction
Act is required to submit information required by the Kansas Bureau of
Investigation for each transaction. Such regulated scrap metal includes
catalytic converters, as their primary value is derived from stainless steel
and the platinum, palladium or rhodium contained in the core. Cited
herein: K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 50-6,109; 50-6,110; L. 2007, ch. 128, § 1.

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Dear Senator Longbine:
As State Senator for the 17th District, you request our opinion on whether automotive
catalytic converters are covered under the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act.1
Specifically, you ask whether regulated scrap metal as defined in K.S.A. 2020 Supp.
50-6,109(b) includes automotive catalytic converters, and whether scrap metal dealers

1 K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 50-6,109 et seq.

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