Offense of purchasing or possessing metal beer kegs - Violation - Prosecution for other offenses

(a) No scrap metal dealer shall knowingly purchase or possess a metal beer keg, whether damaged or undamaged, or any reasonably recognizable part of a metal beer keg, on any premises that the dealer uses to buy, sell, store, shred, melt, cut or otherwise alter scrap metal. (b) (1) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by fine only. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being prosecuted for any applicable criminal offense. Acts 2008, ch. 690, § 1. (a) No scrap metal dealer shall knowingly purchase or possess a metal beer keg, whether damaged or undamaged, or any reasonably recognizable part of a metal beer keg, on any premises that the dealer uses to buy, sell, store, shred, melt, cut or otherwise alter scrap metal. (b) (1) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by fine only. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being prosecuted for any applicable criminal offense. (1) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by fine only. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being prosecuted for any applicable criminal offense. Acts 2008, ch. 690, § 1.