HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2246        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1885

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the verification of consumers' identity prior to the issuance of a credit card.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/20/2011

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

4th Hampden

1/27/2011

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/1/2011

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

2/2/2011

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/2/2011

Shaunna O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/2/2011

George T. Ross

2nd Bristol

2/3/2011

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/3/2011

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/3/2011

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

2/3/2011

Steven L. Levy

4th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/4/2011

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/4/2011

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

2/4/2011

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/21/2011

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth

2/1/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2246        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1885

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1885) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to consumer identity verification prior to the issuance of credit cards.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 259 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the verification of consumers' identity prior to the issuance of a credit card.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1: Section 15A of chapter 140D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:—

Any card issuer who receives an acceptance from a consumer residing in the commonwealth of an offer of credit by any application form or pre-approved written solicitation for an open-end credit plan mailed or distributed to such consumer in accordance with this section, whether such issuer is located within or without the commonwealth, that lists the address of the consumer accepting the offer as different from the address to which the offer was sent shall prior to issuing or directing issuances of the credit card, verify that the consumer accepting the offer is the same consumer to whom the offer was sent. For the purposes of this section, a card issuer shall be deemed to have verified that the consumer accepting the offer is the same consumer to whom the offer was sent if:

(1) A consumer responding at a telephone number appearing in a publicly available directory or database as the telephone number of the consumer to whom the solicitation was mailed identifies himself as the consumer to whom the solicitation was mailed and acknowledges the consumer’s acceptance of the solicitation; or

(2) A consumer presents the card issuer, including presentation by facsimile transmission or mail, the original or a copy of one or more documents, including a driver’s license, social security card, passport, or any other identification document issued by a state or federal governmental agency, that, on the face of the document or documents, appears to confirm such consumer’s identity as the consumer to whom a solicitation was mailed and the consumer acknowledges acceptance of the offer in question; or

(3) The solicitor verified, by any means adopted in federal regulations, that the consumer accepting the solicitation is the consumer to whom the solicitation was directed.