CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2410

 

 

                   Chapter 163, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

CREDIT CARDS--RECEIPTS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/01

Passed by the House February 10, 2000

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 1, 2000

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2410 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 27, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.            

                                FILED                

 

           March 27, 2000 - 4:41 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2410

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Lovick, Bush, McIntire, O'Brien, Keiser, Edwards, Reardon, Haigh, Schual‑Berke, Scott, Stensen, Rockefeller, Kenney, Thomas, Morris, Wood, Regala, Hurst, Ogden, Ruderman and Kagi)

 

Read first time 02/04/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Protecting credit card users.  


    AN ACT Relating to credit cards; adding a new section to chapter 63.14 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  (1) The legislature finds that credit is an important tool for consumers in today's economy, particularly the use of credit cards.  The legislature also finds that unscrupulous persons often fraudulently use the credit card accounts of others by stealing the credit card itself or by obtaining the necessary information to fraudulently charge the purchase of goods and services to another person's credit card account.  The legislature intends to provide some protection for consumers from the latter by limiting the information that can appear on a credit card receipt.

    (2) No person that accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall print more than the last five digits of the credit card account number or print the credit card expiration date on a credit card receipt to the cardholder.

    (3) This section shall apply only to receipts that are electronically printed and shall not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording the credit card number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit card.

    (4) For purposes of this act, "credit card" means a card or device existing for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on credit.

    (5) This section applies on July 1, 2001, to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts on credit card transactions and is placed into service on or after July 1, 2001, and on July 1, 2004, to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts on credit card transactions and is placed into service prior to July 1, 2001.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 63.14 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A retailer shall not print more than the last five digits of the credit card account number or print the credit card expiration date on a credit card receipt to the cardholder.

    (2) This section shall apply only to receipts that are electronically printed and shall not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording the credit card number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit card.

    (3) This section applies on July 1, 2001, to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts on credit card transactions and is placed into service on or after July 1, 2001, and on July 1, 2004, to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts on credit card transactions and is placed into service prior to July 1, 2001.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  This act takes effect July 1, 2001.


    Passed the House February 10, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 1, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2000.