(815 ILCS 140/7.1) (from Ch. 17, par. 6010.1)

Sec. 7.1. Certain credit card transaction form required.

(a) Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which issues forms used for credit card transactions between the credit card holder and seller, shall only issue such credit card forms, except for such forms utilized for a special purpose incidental but related to the actual purchase and sale agreement including but not limited to shipping, delivery or installment of purchased merchandise or special orders, which:

(1) are carbonless; or

(2) are carbonized backed forms that may be retained for recordkeeping purposes of the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, the issuer or the customer; or

(3) after the transaction is complete, do not render a separate piece of paper, carbon or otherwise, which readily identifies the cardholder by complete name or account number, other than those necessary for use by the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, credit card holder and issuer to complete the credit card transaction; or

(4) has a perforated or split carbon, half of which is disposable, and upon completion of the transaction the disposable portion of the carbon renders only half of the cardholder's name and account number.

(b) Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which accepts credit cards used for credit card transactions between the credit card holder and seller, shall only use credit card forms, except for such forms utilized for a special purpose incidental but related to the actual purchase and sale agreement including but not limited to shipping, delivery or installment of purchased merchandise or special orders, which:

(1) are carbonless; or

(2) are carbonized backed forms that may be retained for recordkeeping purposes of the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, the issuer or the customer; or

(3) after the transaction is complete, do not render a separate piece of paper, carbon or otherwise, which readily identifies the cardholder by complete name or account number, other than those necessary for use by the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, credit card holder and issuer to complete the credit card transaction; or

(4) has a perforated or split carbon, half of which is disposable, and upon completion of the transaction the disposable portion of the carbon renders only half of the cardholder's name and account number.

No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this subsection, if such person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from bona fide error made notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid such error.

(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this Section is a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $750 nor more than $1,000. A violation of subsection (b) of this Section constitutes a business offense punishable by a fine of $501, if a first offense by a person; and punishable by a fine of not less than $501, nor more than $1,000 if such offense is a second or subsequent offense by such person.

(Source: P.A. 86-781.)