Creates a licensing scheme for scrap metal businesses.
Expands criminal penalties for metal theft and malicious mischief.
Allows for civil forfeiture for any property used in the commission of a crime
involving the Theft, Trafficking, or Unlawful Possession of Commercial
Metal Property.
Creates a database by which scrap metal businesses may determine if a
potential client has a criminal conviction which makes him or her ineligible to
sell property to a licensed business.
Creates the Washington Metal Theft Prevention Authority.