FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE BILL NO. 292
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2003
1053S.01T
AN ACT
To repeal section 407.433, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to disclosure of credit card numbers on sales receipts, with penalty provisions.
Section A. Section 407.433, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 407.433, to read as follows:
407.433. 1. No person, other than the cardholder, shall:
(1) Disclose more than the last five digits of a credit card or debit card account number on any sales receipt provided to the cardholder for merchandise sold in this state;
(2) Use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a credit or debit card without the permission of the cardholder and with the intent to defraud any person, the issuer, or a merchant; or
(3) Use a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a credit or debit card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card without the permission of the cardholder from which the information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud any person, the issuer, or a merchant.
2. Any person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of an infraction and any second or subsequent violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
3. It shall not be a violation of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section if:
(1) The sole means of recording the credit card number or debit card number is by handwriting or, prior to January 1, 2005, by an imprint of the credit card or debit card; and
(2) For handwritten or imprinted copies of credit card or debit card receipts, only the merchant's copy of the receipt lists more than the last five digits of the account number.
4. This section shall become effective on January 1, 2003, and applies to any cash register or other machine or device that prints or imprints receipts of credit card or debit card transactions and which is placed into service on or after January 1, 2003. Any cash register or other machine or device that prints or imprints receipts on credit card or debit card transactions and which is placed in service prior to January 1, 2003, shall be subject to the provisions of this section on or after January 1, 2005.