78R701 CLG-D

By:  Fraser                                                       S.B. No. 235



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the contents of a receipt or other document issued for 
payment by credit card.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Business & Commerce 
Code, is amended by adding Section 35.57 to read as follows:
	Sec. 35.57.  BUSINESS RECEIPT CONTAINING CREDIT CARD 
INFORMATION.  (a)  This section does not apply to a transaction in 
which the sole means of recording a person's credit card account 
number on a receipt or other document evidencing the transaction is 
by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit card.
	(b)  A person that accepts a credit card for the transaction 
of business may not print more than the last five digits of the 
credit card account number or the month and year of the credit 
card's expiration date on a receipt or other document that 
evidences the transaction and that is provided to a cardholder.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  With respect to a cash register or other machine that is 
initially installed and in operation after August 31, 2003, this 
Act applies only to a receipt or other document evidencing a credit 
card transaction that is electronically printed by the cash 
register or other machine after August 31, 2004.
	(c)  With respect to a cash register or other machine that is 
in operation before September 1, 2003, this Act applies only to a 
receipt or other document evidencing a credit card transaction that 
is electronically printed by the cash register or other machine 
after December 31, 2007.