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Committee approves technical/concurrence bills on card fees and city-collector references

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · February 19, 2019
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Summary

The committee approved a House concurrence limiting debit/credit card charges to actual processor expenses (Senate Bill 98) and passed a cleanup bill removing references to elected city collectors (House Bill 1266); both measures passed by voice vote with no public testimony in the transcript.

Senator Cooper explained a concurrence to a House amendment on Senate Bill 98 that addresses how much a merchant may charge for debit or credit card transactions; the amendment…

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