ORD NO 09-2006 0 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. I -2006
AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING BY
OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PAWNSHOPS, PAWNBROKERS AND
DEALERS IN SECONDHAND GOODS DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF
VAN BUREN; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Ark. Code Ann. 12 -12 -103 requires each and every pawnshop and
pawnbroker doing business in the State of Arkansas to keep a record
showing in detail all property pawned with them, and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Ark Code Ann. 12 -12 -103, such records are required to be
made available to police agencies of the municipality in which the
pawnshop or pawnbroker is located at any and all reasonable times, and
WHEREAS, In order to maintain an accurate and efficient system for inputting such
records and information for law enforcement purposes, there is a
substantial need for local law enforcement officers to access such records
electronically.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Each and every owner or operator of a pawnshop, pawnbroker and dealer
in secondhand goods doing business in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
shall, within ninety (90) days of the adoption of this ordinance, maintain
an electronic inventory tracking system which is capable of delivery and
transmission of all statutorily- required information via computer to the
entity designated by the Van Buren Police Department. In regards to this
ordinance, the phrase "dealer in secondhand goods" does not apply to
automobile dealers or consignment shop owners who primarily deal in
secondhand clothing.
SECTION 2. The failure on the part of any owner or operator of a pawnshop,
pawnbroker or dealer in secondhand goods to comply with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the
offender shall be punished by a fine of $250.00. Each day of
noncompliance with this ordinance shall be deemed a separate offense.
SECTION 3. Severabiliiy. In the event any title, section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this
ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the
0 ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part
of the ordinance.
SECTION 4. Emergency and Effective Date. This ordinance is necessary to more
efficiently and effectively deal with items that are sold to pawnshops and
dealers in secondhand goods in order to assure that stolen items can be
retrieved; as such, this ordinance is necessary to protect the public health,
safety and welfare, and therefore, shall be in full force and effect with the
passage of same.
THIS ORDINANCE ADOPTED THIS G DAY OF AUGUST, 2006.
APPROVED:
MAY JOHN GS
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CITY CLERK/TREASURER