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To enact section 1349.18 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit the recording of more than the last five | 2 |
digits of a credit card account number, or | 3 |
recording the expiration date of a credit card, on | 4 |
an electronically printed receipt provided to a | 5 |
credit cardholder, and to provide civil remedies | 6 |
for a violation of the act and for enforcement by | 7 |
the Attorney General. | 8 |
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 |