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| | | An Act to Prohibit Payment Card Skimming |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §905-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §905-B.__Misuse of scanning device or reencoder |
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| | | 1.__A person is guilty of misuse of a scanning device or a | | reencoder if the person intentionally or knowingly uses a | | scanning device or a reencoder without the permission of the | | authorized payment card user whose card information is scanned or | | reencoded and with the intent to defraud or deceive the | | authorized payment card user, the issuer of the authorized | | payment card user's payment card or another person. |
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| | | 2.__As used in this section, the following terms have the | | following meanings. |
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| | | A.__"Authorized payment card user" means a person with the | | authority or permission to use a payment card. |
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| | | B.__"Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit | | card, hotel key card or stored value card or any other card | | that is issued to an authorized payment card user that | | allows the user to obtain, purchase or receive goods, | | services, money or anything else of value. |
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| | | C.__"Reencoder" means an electronic device that places encoded | | information from the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of | | a payment card onto the computer chip or |
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