An Act To Require Electronic Monitoring of Secondary Sales Transactions

CONCEPT DRAFT SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to provide law enforcement with increased capability to solve property and financial crimes throughout the State and the New England region by amending the laws governing the licensing of pawnbrokers. This bill would require pawnbrokers to maintain electronic records of their transactions through the use of downloadable databases. This information would be made electronically accessible to law enforcement officers throughout New England by transmitting the data to the New England State Police Information Network, NESPIN, whose geographical region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.