Bill > SB224

This bill relates to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters. It provides an administrative penalty, creates a criminal offense, increases a criminal penalty, and increases a fee. Specifically, the bill: - Increases the penalties for criminal offenses involving the theft or damage of catalytic converters, making them punishable as higher-level crimes in certain circumstances. - Creates a new criminal offense for the unauthorized possession of a catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle. - Imposes new requirements on metal recycling entities regarding the purchase or acquisition of catalytic converters, including maintaining detailed records and limiting transactions to certain authorized parties. - Allows for the imposition of administrative penalties on metal recycling entities for violations related to catalytic converter transactions. - Directs a portion of a fee collected on motor vehicle insurance policies to be used for coordinated regulatory and law enforcement activities to detect and prevent catalytic converter theft. - Requires state agencies to develop a plan to coordinate efforts to review records and respond to suspicious activities related to catalytic converter transactions.