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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607A.051: REQUIRED NOTICE OF SKIMMER DISCOVERY.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
- TITLE 12. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS
- CHAPTER 607A. PAYMENT CARD SKIMMERS ON ELECTRONIC TERMINALS
- SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES FOR USE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONIC TERMINALS
(a) If a service technician discovers a skimmer in or on an electronic terminal, the service technician or service company that employs the technician shall notify the center and the merchant of the skimmer in the manner prescribed by center rule.
(b) If a merchant discovers a skimmer in or on an electronic terminal or is notified of the presence of a skimmer, the merchant shall, in the manner prescribed by center rule:
(1) disable, or cause to be disabled, the electronic terminal on which the skimmer was discovered;
(2) notify a law enforcement agency and the center that a skimmer has been detected; and
(3) take appropriate measures to protect the electronic terminal from tampering until the center or law enforcement agency arrives and the skimmer is removed.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (S.B. 2371), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2025.
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