No scrap yard shall purchase any metal that can be identified as
belonging to a public or private cemetery, political subdivision,
telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless service or other
communications-related provider, electrical cooperative, water utility,
municipal utility or utility regulated under Chapters 386 or 393,
RSMo., including bleachers, guardrails, signs, street and traffic
lights or signals, and manhole cover or covers, whether broken or
unbroken, from anyone other than the cemetery or monument owner, political
subdivision, telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless
service or other communications-related provider, electrical cooperative,
water utility, municipal utility, utility regulated under Chapter
386 or 393, RSMo., or manufacturer of the metal or item described
in this Section unless such person is authorized in writing by the
cemetery or monument owner, political subdivision, telecommunications
provider, cable provider, wireless service or other communications-related
provider, electrical cooperative, water utility, municipal utility,
utility regulated under Chapter 386 or 393, RSMo., or manufacturer
to sell the metal.
