Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 159 (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Daw, B.

Final action

House/ filed 3/8/2018

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• prohibits a person from soliciting a political contribution over the Internet unless:
• the person requires the contributor to submit the card verification value associated with the card used to make the contribution; and
• the contributor's credit card billing address or voter registration address is located in the United States; and
• imposes a civil penalty against a person that violates a provision of this bill.

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Bill text

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Brad M. Daw
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill regulates political contributions solicited over the Internet.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ prohibits a person from soliciting a political contribution over the Internet unless:
• the person requires the contributor to submit the card verification value
associated with the card used to make the contribution; and
• the contributor's credit card billing address or voter registration address is
located in the United States; and
▸ imposes a civil penalty against a person that violates a provision of this bill.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
20A-11-101.9
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
20A-11-101.9
 is enacted to read:
 20A-11-101.9.
Requirements when collecting credit card contributions on the
Internet.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) (i) "Card verification value" means the card verification value 2 that is physically
printed by a credit card issuer on a credit card or debit card.
(ii) "Card verification value" does not include:
(A) the card verification value 1 that is encoded on the magnetic strip of a credit card
or debit card; or
(B) any variation of the dynamic card verification value that is encoded on a credit
card's or debit card's microchip.
(b) "Contribution," in addition to the definition of that term under Section 
20A-11-101
,
includes a campaign contribution as that term is defined in Section 
20A-11-1202
.
(2) A person may not solicit a contribution over an Internet website via credit card or
debit card unless:
(a) the person requires the contributor, at the time the contributor makes the
contribution, to disclose the card verification value associated with the credit card or debit card
that the contributor uses to make the contribution; and
(b) (i) the billing address associated with the credit card or debit card that the
contributor uses to make the contribution is located in the United States; or
(ii) for a contributor who is a United States citizen living outside of the United States,
the contributor provides, at the time the contributor makes the contribution, the United States
mailing address that the contributor uses for voter registration purposes.
(3) (a) The lieutenant governor shall issue a written warning to a person that violates
this section if the person has not previously received a written warning for a violation of this
section.
(b) If a person violates this section after receiving a warning described in Subsection
(3)(a), the lieutenant governor shall impose a civil penalty against the person in the amount of:
(i) $100 for a second violation;
(ii) $250 for a third violation; or
(iii) $500 for a fourth or subsequent violation.
(c) A second or subsequent violation is considered to have occurred under Subsection
(3)(b) if a person violates this section more than seven days after the later of the day on which
the lieutenant governor:
(i) issues the person a warning described in Subsection (3)(a); or
(ii) imposes the most recent civil penalty against the person under Subsection (3)(b).
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