Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 607A.051 · Subchapter B. DUTIES FOR USE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONIC TERMINALS
REQUIRED NOTICE OF SKIMMER DISCOVERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (S.B. 2371), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.607A.htm
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