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Sec. 3. 33 MRSA §1952, sub-§13, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by §3, is amended to read:

 
B. Credit balance, customer's overpayment, gift
certificate, gift obligation, prefunded bank card, stored-
value card, security deposit, refund, credit memorandum,
unpaid wage, unused ticket, mineral proceeds or unidentified
remittance;

 
Sec. 4. 33 MRSA §1953, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt.
GG, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
G.__A gift obligation or stored-value card, 2 years after
December 31st of the year in which the obligation or the
most recent transaction involving the obligation or stored-
value card occurred, whichever is later, including the
initial issuance and any subsequent addition of value to the
obligation or stored-value card.__A period of limitation may
not be imposed on the owner's right to redeem the gift
obligation or stored-value card.__The amount unclaimed is
60% of the gift obligation's or stored-value card's face
value.__Notwithstanding section 1956, fees or charges may
not be imposed on gift obligations or stored-value cards,
except that the issuer may charge a transaction fee for the
initial issuance and for each occurrence of adding value to
an existing gift obligation or stored-value card.__These
transaction fees must be disclosed in a separate writing
prior to the initial issuance or referenced on the gift
obligation or stored-value card.__This paragraph does not
apply to prefunded bank cards;

 
Sec. 5. 33 MRSA §1953, sub-§1, ¶G-1 is enacted to read:

 
G-1.__A prefunded bank card, 3 years after December 31st of
the year in which the obligation or the most recent activity
involving the prefunded bank card occurred, whichever is
later, including the initial issuance and any subsequent
addition of value to the prefunded bank card.__A period of
limitation may not be imposed on the owner's right to redeem
the prefunded bank card.__Any terms and conditions must be
disclosed in a separate writing prior to the initial
issuance and referenced on the prefunded bank card;


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