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 1        AN ACT concerning business transactions.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Consumer  Fraud  and  Deceptive  Business
 5    Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MM as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 505/2MM new)
 7        Sec. 2MM.  Receipts; credit card account number.
 8        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this Section, a
 9    person who  accepts  credit  cards  for  the  transaction  of
10    business  may  not  print  more than the last 4 digits of the
11    credit card account number or print the expiration date  upon
12    any receipt provided to the cardholder. A person who violates
13    this  Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning
14    of this Act.
15        (b)  This Section  applies  only  to  receipts  that  are
16    electronically  printed and does not apply to transactions in
17    which the sole means of recording the  person's  credit  card
18    number  is  by  handwriting  or  by an imprint or copy of the
19    credit card.
20        (c)  This Section becomes operative on July 1, 2008, with
21    respect to any cash register or other machine or device  that
22    electronically  prints  receipts for credit card transactions
23    that is in use before January 1, 2005.
24        (d)  This Section becomes operative on January  1,  2005,
25    with  respect to any cash register or other machine or device
26    that  electronically  prints   receipts   for   credit   card
27    transactions  that  is first put into use on or after January
28    1, 2005.
29        (e)  As used in  this  Section,  "credit  card"  has  the
30    meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.03 of the Illinois
31    Credit Card and Debit Card Act.
 
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 1        Section 99. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2005.