Number
121052
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN and PEREZ
Title
An ordinance relating to the licensed activity of secondhand dealers.
Sections
92-2-2-c am
Analysis
Video games are currently excluded from those items which are subject to the licensed and regulated activity of secondhand dealers. This ordinance removes the exclusion for video games.
Body
Whereas, Secondhand dealers are required to be licensed under s. 92-2-2-c of the code; and
Whereas, Section 92-2-2-c provides an exception from licensing and regulation for dealing in video games, among other specified articles; and
Whereas, Video games and video gaming systems have increasingly become the target of burglaries and theft; and
Whereas, Many licensed secondhand dealers, though not specifically required to do so, submit information identifying video games received in business to the police department in the same manner as information is submitted for other articles under s. 92-13; and
Whereas, Information submitted to the police department by secondhand dealers has proven useful in the investigation and prosecution of crime; now, therefore
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 92-2-2-c of the code is amended to read:
92-2. Secondhand Dealer's License.
2. LICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
c. This section does not apply to parties dealing in motor vehicles, coins, stamps, gold and silver bullion, secondhand jewelry, videos, [[video games, ]]cassettes, compact discs, baseball cards, secondhand books and magazines, works of fine art and secondhand industrial machinery and equipment.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: ______________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
____________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB144045-1
Richard L. Withers
10/3...
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