REPRESENTATIVES Willamowski, Latta, Seitz, Grendell

To enact section 1349.18 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit the recording of more than the last five

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digits of a credit card account number, or

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recording the expiration date of a credit card, on

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an electronically printed receipt provided to a

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credit cardholder, and to provide civil remedies

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for a violation of the act and for enforcement by

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the Attorney General.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 1349.18 of the Revised Code be	9
enacted to read as follows:	10

Sec. 1349.18. (A) No person or limited liability company that	11
accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall print	12
more than the last five digits of the credit card account number,	13
or print the expiration date of a credit card, on any receipt	14
provided to the cardholder.	15

(B) This section applies only to receipts that are	16
electronically printed and does not apply to any transaction in	17
which the sole means of recording the cardholder's credit card	18
account number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the	19
credit card.	20

(C) A violation of this section is deemed an unfair or	21
deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the	22
Revised Code. A person injured by a violation of this section has	23
a cause of action and is entitled to the same relief available to	24
a consumer under section 1345.09 of the Revised Code, and all	25
powers and remedies available to the attorney general to enforce	26
sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code are available to	27
the attorney general to enforce this section.	28

(D) As used in this section, "credit card" includes, but is	29
not limited to, a credit card, charge card, debit card, or other	30
card, code, device, or other means of access to a customer's	31
account for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or	32
services on credit, or for initiating an electronic fund transfer	33
at a point-of-sale terminal, an automated teller machine, or a	34
cash dispensing machine.	35

Section 2. Section 1 of this act shall take effect on July 1,	36
2004.	37