Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 214
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  03/07/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 109 and 110
    4  insert:
    5         (c) An entity involved in facilitating or processing a
    6  payment card transaction, including, but not limited to, a
    7  financial institution, an acquirer, a payment card network, or a
    8  payment card issuer, may not assign to or require a merchant to
    9  use a merchant category code that classifies the merchant as a
   10  firearms or ammunition retailer or places the merchant in a
   11  similar classification. A merchant of firearms or ammunition may
   12  be assigned or may use a merchant category code for general
   13  merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers. Any agreement
   14  or contractual provision to the contrary is void in violation of
   15  the public policy of this state.
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 9
   20  and insert:
   21         sporting goods retailers; prohibiting entities
   22         involved in facilitating or processing payment card
   23         transactions from assigning to or requiring a merchant
   24         to use certain merchant category codes; authorizing a
   25         merchant of firearms or ammunition to be assigned or
   26         to use certain merchant category codes; specifying
   27         that any agreement or contractual provision to the
   28         contrary is void and in violation of the public policy
   29         of this state; authorizing the Department