RS 37:1962
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RS 37:1962
§1962. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)"Operator" means any person employed in responsible charge of operating all or any portion of a scrap metal recycling facility.
(2)"Railroad track materials" means steel in the form of railroad tracks or in the form of rail, switch components, spikes, angle bars, tie plates, or bolts of the type used in constructing railroads, or any combination of such materials.
(3)"Scrap metal" means metal materials which are purchased for resale to be recycled, including but not limited to ferrous materials, catalytic converters, auto hulks, copper, copper wire, copper alloy, bronze, zinc, aluminum other than in the form of cans, stainless steel, nickel alloys, or brass, whether in the form of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps or connectors, railroad track materials, water utility materials, and used building components. The term shall not include precious metals, including but not limited to gold, silver, and platinum.
(4)"Scrap metal recycling facility" means any physical entity that has the function of recycling scrap metal.
(5)"Used building component" means any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools that is an element of structural, architectural, archaeological, historical, ornamental, cultural, utilitarian, decorative, or sentimental significance or interest, which has been and may be used as an adjunct to or component or ornament of any building or structure, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape, or condition, that is immovable property, or fixtures or component parts of immovable property of any nature or kind whatsoever.
(6)"Water utility materials" shall include but not be limited to water meters, valves, pipes, and fittings.
Acts 2012, No. 827, §1, eff. June 14, 2012.