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Bill 3057

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3057
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Kirsh
All Sponsors:                     Kirsh
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\10025som99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Credit card account number, not to copy 
                                  for check identification purposes; Consumer 
                                  Affairs, Banks and Savings


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
House   19981209  Prefiled, referred to Committee        25 HJ


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 34-11-140 SO AS TO MAKE UNLAWFUL THE COPYING OF A CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER WHEN A CREDIT CARD IS PRESENTED FOR CHECK IDENTIFICATION, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 34-11-140. (A) A person may be required to present a credit card for identification when he draws, makes, utters, issues, or delivers to another a check, a draft, or other written order on a bank or depository for the payment of money or its equivalent, whether given to obtain money, services, credit, property, or anything of value, but the cashing entity or person shall not copy the credit card account number.

(B) Subsection (A) does not prohibit a person from recording a credit card number and expiration date as a condition for cashing a check where that person has agreed with the card issuer to cash checks as a service to the issuer's cardholders and the issuer guarantees cardholder checks cashed by that person.

(C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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