538.18 Definitions. ---
As used in this part, the term:
(1) "Ferrous metals" means any metals containing
significant quantities of iron or steel.
(2) "Fixed location" means any site occupied by a
secondary metals recycler as owner of the site or as lessee of the
site under a lease or other rental agreement providing for
occupation of the site by the secondary metals recycler for a total
duration of not less than 364 days.
(3) "Money" means a medium of exchange authorized
or adopted by a domestic or foreign government as part of its
currency.
(4) "Nonferrous metals" means metals not
containing significant quantities of iron or steel, including,
without limitation, copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc,
nickel, and alloys thereof, excluding precious metals subject to
regulation under part I.
(5) "Personal identification card" means a
driver's license or identification card issued by the Department of
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles under s. 322.03 or s. 322.051,
or a similar card issued by another state, a military
identification card, a passport, or an appropriate work
authorization issued by the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
(6) "Purchase transaction" means a transaction in
which a secondary metals recycler gives consideration having a
value in excess of $10 in exchange for regulated metals
property.
(7) "Regulated metals property" means any item
composed primarily of any nonferrous metals, but shall not include
aluminum beverage containers, used beverage containers, or similar
beverage containers.
(8) "Secondary metals recycler" means any person
who:
(a) Is engaged, from a fixed location or otherwise, in the
business of gathering or obtaining ferrous or nonferrous metals
that have served their original economic purpose or is in the
business of performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous
metals or nonferrous metals are converted into raw material
products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or
potential economic value; or
(b) Has facilities for performing the manufacturing
process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals are converted
into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having
an existing or potential economic value, other than by the
exclusive use of hand tools, by methods including, without
limitation, processing, sorting, cutting, classifying, cleaning,
baling, wrapping, shredding, shearing, or changing the physical
form or chemical content thereof.
(9) "Department" means the Department of
Revenue.
History: s. 2, ch. 89-533; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 6, ch. 90-318; s. 4,
ch. 91-429.