A. No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.

B. As used in this section, "debit card" means any instrument or device, whether known as a debit card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in depositing, obtaining or transferring funds from a consumer banking electronic facility.

C. For purposes of this section, a private educational institution as defined in paragraph (e) of Section 3102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a private school defined as a nonpublic entity conducting an educational program for at least one grade between prekindergarten through twelve, a municipality as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 1-102 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or a public trust with a municipality as its beneficiary may charge a service fee. The service fee may be applied to online or in-person transactions and shall be used to offset bank processing fees, financial transaction fees, the cost of providing for secure transaction, portal fees, and fees necessary to compensate for increased bandwidth incurred as a result of providing the transaction.

Historical Data

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Laws 1977, HB 1342, c. 135, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1977; Amended by Laws 2010, SB 1648, c. 69, § 2, eff. November 1, 2010 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2012, SB 1774, c. 221, § 2 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2015, SB 376, c. 319, § 3, eff. November 1, 2015 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2017, HB 2178, c. 31, § 2, eff. November 1, 2017 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2019, HB 1425, c. 232, §1, eff. November 1, 2019 (superseded document available).

Citationizer^® Summary of Documents Citing This Document

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Title 14A. Consumer Credit Code
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	14A O.S. 2-417,	Repealed	Cited

Citationizer: Table of Authority

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