Bill > HB4990

This bill establishes new criminal offenses related to gift cards in West Virginia by adding a new article to the state code. It defines key terms such as "cardholder" (the person who receives a gift card), "card issuer" (the entity that provides the gift card), and different types of gift cards like "closed-loop" (usable at a single merchant or affiliated group) and "open-loop" (usable at multiple unaffiliated merchants within a payment network). The bill creates misdemeanor crimes for intentionally possessing a gift card or its redemption information without consent, tampering with a gift card or its packaging, or devising a fraudulent scheme to obtain a gift card, with penalties of up to one year in jail or a $1,000 fine. It also elevates these offenses to felonies if the value involved exceeds $1,000 within a six-month period, carrying penalties of one to ten years in prison or a jail term of up to one year and a fine of up to $2,500.

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