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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5637 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002190 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Ackerman, Kennedy, Fellela, Fogarty, Serpa, Speakman, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Kazarian, Edwards, Corvese, and McNamara |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Attorney General) |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 11-49-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-49 entitled "Credit Card 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Crime Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11-49-4. Fraudulent use of credit cards Fraudulent use of credit or debit cards. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organization providing 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, uses, for the purpose of 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value, a credit card or debit card obtained or 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | retained in violation of this law or a credit card or debit card which he or she knows is forged, 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | expired, or revoked, or who obtains money, goods, services, or anything else of value by 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | representing, without the consent of the cardholder, that he or she is the holder of a specified card 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | or by representing that he or she is the holder of a card and the card has not in fact been issued, 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | violates this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a), if the value of all 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | moneys, goods, services, and other things of value obtained in violation of this subsection does not 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six (6) month period. The violator is subject to the 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(b) if the value does exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (6) month period. Knowledge of revocation shall be presumed to have been received by a 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cardholder four (4) days after it has been mailed to him or her at the address set forth on the credit 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | card or debit card or at his or her last known address by registered or certified mail, return receipt 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | requested, and, if the address is more than five hundred (500) miles from the place of mailing, by 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | air mail. If the address is located outside the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC002190 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Canal Zone or Canada, notice shall be presumed to have been received ten (10) days after mailing 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by registered or certified mail. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC002190 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LC002190 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 55 | 55 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 56 | 56 | | OF |
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| 57 | 57 | | A N A C T |
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| 58 | 58 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT |
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| 59 | 59 | | *** |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would add "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | cards. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | LC002190 |
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