| | | 1. Electronically printed receipts. Except as provided in | | this section, a person, firm, partnership, association, | | corporation or limited liability company that accepts credit | | cards or debit cards for the transaction of business may not | | print more than the last 5 digits of the credit card or debit | card account number or may not print | | credit card or debit card on a receipt provided to a cardholder | | at the point of sale of the transaction. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1149, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Absolved from forfeiture and civil penalty.__Until | | January 1, 2005, a person who violates this section is absolved | | from civil prosecution or forfeitures and civil penalties | | associated with any such violation occurring before that date. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to January 1, | | 2004. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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