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Assembly Bill A6948

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the use of a password or personal identification number in the performance of a credit card transaction

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2009-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §458-k to be 458-l, add §458-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1016
2013-2014: A2988
2015-2016: A8415
2017-2018: A3344
2019-2020: A3368

2009-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the use of a password or personal identification number in the performance of a credit card transaction.

2009-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6948

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring addi-
  tional information for credit card transactions

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  458-k  of the general business law is renumbered
458-l and a new 458-k is added to read as follows:
  S 458-K. PERSONAL  IDENTIFICATION  REQUIRED  FOR  CREDIT  CARD  TRANS-
ACTIONS. 1. EVERY PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION WHICH ACCEPTS
CREDIT  OR DEBIT CARDS FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS SHALL REQUIRE THE
CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD HOLDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMA-
TION  SUCH  AS  A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR PASSWORD FOR THE USE
AND COMPLETION OF THE BUSINESS TRANSACTION. THE  CREDIT  OR  DEBIT  CARD
HOLDER  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WRITE SUCH INFORMATION ON THE CREDIT OR
DEBIT CARD TRANSACTION FORM OR ON ANY ATTACHMENT THERETO.
  2. EVERY CREDIT SERVICES BUSINESS SHALL REQUIRE CREDIT CARD HOLDERS TO
PROVIDE A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR PASSWORD TO OBTAIN AND MAIN-
TAIN A CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT WITH SUCH BUSINESS AND SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO BE USED BY THE CREDIT CARD HOLDER ONLY TO PERFORM A CRED-
IT CARD TRANSACTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10339-01-9

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