Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 235 amends the Business & Commerce Code to prohibit a person accepting a credit or debit card for the transaction of business from printing more than the last four digits of the credit or debit card account number or the month and year of the card's expiration date on a receipt. The bill makes a person who violates this provision liable to the state for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each calendar month during which the violation occurs and authorizes the attorney general or the local county prosecuting attorney to bring suit to recover the civil penalty. The bill also authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to restrain a person from violating the provision. It requires a person who provides, leases, or sells a machine used to print receipts to provide notice to the machine's recipient, lessee, or buyer of the requirements. The bill does not apply to handwritten or imprinted receipts, and a cash register or other receipt printing machine in use before September 1, 2003, is exempt until December 31, 2005.