(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
- (a) An issuer, a payment card network, an acquirer bank, a processor, or other designated entity that has received the tax or gratuity amount data and violates Section 150-10 is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 per electronic payment transaction, and the issuer must refund the merchant the interchange fee calculated on the tax or gratuity amount relative to the electronic payment transaction.
- (b) An entity, other than the merchant, involved in facilitating or processing an electronic payment transaction, including, but not limited to, an issuer, a payment card network, an acquirer bank, a processor, or other designated entity, may not distribute, exchange, transfer, disseminate, or use the electronic payment transaction data except to facilitate or process the electronic payment transaction or as required by law. A violation of this subsection constitutes a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-592, eff. 7-1-26 (See Section 5 of P.A. 104-4 for the effective date of Article 150 of P.A. 103-592).)