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76-6-506. Financial transaction card offenses -- Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Authorized credit card merchant" means a person who is authorized by an issuer tofurnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation of a financialtransaction card by a card holder and to present valid credit card sales drafts to the issuer forpayment.
(2) "Automated banking device" means any machine which, when properly activated bya financial transaction card or a personal identification code, may be used for any of the purposesfor which a financial transaction card may be used.
(3) "Card holder" means any person or organization named on the face of a financialtransaction card to whom or for whose benefit a financial transaction card is issued.
(4) "Credit card sales draft" means any sales slip, draft, or other written or electronicrecord of a sale of money, goods, services, or anything else of value made or purported to bemade to or at the request of a card holder with a financial transaction card, financial transactioncard credit number, or personal identification code, whether the record of the sale or purportedsale is evidenced by a sales draft, voucher, or other similar document in writing or electronicallyrecorded and transmitted.
(5) "Financial transaction card" means:
(a) any credit card, credit plate, bank services card, banking card, check guarantee card,debit card, telephone credit card, or any other card, issued by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit, or in certifying orguaranteeing to a person or business the availability to the card holder of the funds on depositthat are equal to or greater than the amount necessary to honor a draft or check payable to theorder of the person or business; or
(b) any instrument or device used in providing the card holder access to a demand ortime deposit account for the purpose of making deposits of money or checks in the account, orwithdrawing funds from the account in the form of money, money orders, travelers' checks orother form representing value, or transferring funds from any demand or time deposit account toany credit card account in full or partial satisfaction of any outstanding balance existing in thecredit card account.
(6) "Issuer" means a business organization or financial institution or its agent that issuesa financial transaction card.
(7) "Personal identification code" means any numerical or alphabetical code assigned to acard holder by the issuer to permit the authorized electronic use of the holder's financialtransaction card.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2010 General Session