Secondhand dealers and coin dealers.

Existing law requires secondhand dealers and coin dealers, as defined, to report acquisitions of tangible personal property on a daily basis to local law enforcement authorities, as specified. Existing law requires that report to include the identification of the intended seller or pledger of the property and requires that the person taking the information verify that identification. Existing law provides that this verification is valid if the person taking the information reasonably relies on a specified document, including, but not limited to, a United States passport, an identification card issued by any state, or a passport from any other country in addition to another item of identification bearing an address. This bill would also provide that the verification is valid if the person taking the information reasonably relies on a Matricula Consular in addition to another item of identification bearing an address. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 21628 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 449, to be operative only if SB 449 and this bill become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is enacted last.