Ch. 505                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1995.

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 505
(Senate Bill 33)

AN ACT concerning

Credit Cards - Checking Consumer Identification

FOR the purpose of expanding the prohibition on recording, under certain
circumstances, the address or telephone number of a credit card holder; authorizing
a person to request that a credit card holder display a form of identification under
certain circumstances; and generally relating to credit cards or devices and
consumer identification.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 13-317
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Commercial Law

13-317.

(a)     Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, as a condition of
accepting a credit card or device as payment for consumer credit, goods, realty, or
services, a person may not [request or] record the address or telephone number of the
credit card holder [on the credit card transaction form].

(b)     A person may record the address or telephone number of a credit card holder
if:

(1)     The information is necessary for:

(i) The shipping, delivery, or installation of consumer goods; or
(ii) Special orders of consumer goods or services;

(2)     Authorization from the credit card issuer as to the availability of credit is
not required by the issuer to complete the credit card transaction; or

(3)     The person processes credit card transactions by mailing transaction
forms to a designated bankcard center for settlement.

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