GAS PUMP SKIMMER PROTECTION                                                                   S.B. 415:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 415 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Senator Wayne Schmidt

Committee:  Agriculture

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Motor Fuels Quality Act to require fuel pumps to include security measures to restrict the unauthorized access of customer payment card information. 

Specifically, if a pump for dispensing motor fuel for sale at a roadside retail location included a scanning device for reading a customer payment card as an integral part of the pump, the pump would have to include a security measure to restrict the unauthorized access of customer payment card information, and the security measure would have to include one or more of the following:

-- Pressure-sensitive security tape imprinted with a customized graphic and placed over the panel opening leading to the scanning device to restrict unauthorized opening of the panel.

-- A device or system to render the pump or the scanning device inoperable if the panel were opened without proper authorization.

-- A means for encrypting the customer payment card information in the scanning device.

-- A device to replace a manufacturer-supplied standard lock.

-- Any other measure approved by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

If the owner or agent of the owner of a pump received a notice of noncompliance, he or she would have to bring the pump into compliance. If the violation were not corrected within five days after receipt of the notice, the Department could prohibit the use of the pump until a properly functioning security measure was installed on the device.

Proposed MCL 290.628f                                                     Legislative Analyst:  Jeff Mann

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have a minimal fiscal impact on the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, as the Department would be required to approve pump security measures and monitor and respond to noncompliance with the bill's provisions, activities supportable by existing departmental resources.

Date Completed:  6-13-17                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Bruce Baker

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.