HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        3695

CHAPTER 782

(House Bill 1590)

AN ACT concerning

Credit Card and Payment Device Numbers - Protection

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the unauthorized use or disclosure
of credit card and payment device numbers; defining certain
terms; providing for certain exceptions; providing for
certain civil and criminal penalties; authorizing certain
actions by the Attorney General of the State; and generally
relating to the unauthorized use or disclosure of credit
card and payment device numbers.

BY adding to

Article - Commercial Law

Section 14-1401 through 14-1405, to be under the new

subtitle "Subtitle 14. Credit Card Number

Protection Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

SUBTITLE 14. CREDIT CARD NUMBER PROTECTION ACT

14-1401.

(A)   IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)   "AUTHORIZED USE, DISCLOSURE, OR RECEIPT" MEANS ANY USE,
DISCLOSURE, OR RECEIPT NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SPECIFIC
PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PERSON ISSUED A CREDIT CARD NUMBER OR
PAYMENT DEVICE NUMBER GRANTED TO ANOTHER THE RIGHT TO USE,
DISCLOSE, OR RECEIVE THE CREDIT CARD NUMBER OR OTHER PAYMENT
DEVICE NUMBER.

(C)   "PAYMENT DEVICE NUMBER" MEANS ANY CODE, ACCOUNT NUMBER,
OR OTHER MEANS OF ACCOUNT ACCESS, OTHER THAN A CHECK, DRAFT, OR
SIMILAR PAPER INSTRUMENT, THAT CAN BE USED TO OBTAIN MONEY,
GOODS, SERVICES, OR ANYTHING OF VALUE, OR FOR PURPOSES OF
INITIATING A TRANSFER OF FUNDS. FOR PURPOSES OF
§ 14-1402(A)(5)(III) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THIS TERM DOES NOT
INCLUDE AN ENCODED CREDIT CARD NUMBER OR ENCODED PAYMENT DEVICE
NUMBER.