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Home My WebLink AboutORD 7133 AMEND CITY CODE THEFT PREVENTION ORDINANCE NO. 7133 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2-5-5 OF CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE II OF THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, CALLED "CHAPTER 5 THEFT PREVENTION"; TO PROVIDE CLARITY REGARDING THE USE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR NEW AND EXISTING COVERED ACCOUNTS AND; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ALLOWED BYLAW. " "~,:I!'" ~,...y.,;..;;;;,\\;,-.. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAME, THAT THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS on December 16, 2008, in accordance with Federal Trade Commission regulations, Augusta-Richmond County passed Ordinance 7101 which amended the AUGUSTA, GA CODE to create a new chapter five, called "Chapter 5 Theft Prevention"; WHEREAS Chapter 5 adopted Identity Theft Rules requiring the creation of certain policies relating to the use of consumer reports, address. discrepancy and the detection, prevention and mitigation of identity theft; WHEREAS since the adoption of Chapter 5, the Utilities Department and the Finance Department have been working to implement the requirements of Chapter 5 in an efficient and effective manner; WHEREAS Article 1, Section 2-5-5 of Chapter 5, called "Process of Establishing a Covered Account", contains a provision requiring each covered account number to be assigned a personal identification number (PIN) that is unique to each account; WHEREAS The Utilities Department and the Finance Department have determined that the use of PIN numbers for every covered account is not an efficient means of theft prevention for Augusta-Richmond County at this time and; WHEREAS the duly elected governing authority of Augusta-Richmond County is the Mayor and council thereof; NOW therefore be it ordained that the AUGUSTA, GA CODE is hereby amended by striking Sub-part (2) of Section 2-5-5 of Article 1 of Chapter 5, called "Process of Establishing a Covered Account", as follows: Sec. 2-5-5. Process of Establishing a Covered Account. (1) As a precondition to opening a covered account in Augusta-Richmond County, each applicant shall provide Augusta-Richmond County with personal identifying information of the customer: a valid government issued identification card containing a photograph of the customer or, for customers who are not natural persons, a photograph of the customer's agent opening the account. In addition, if requested by an Augusta-Richmond County department, such applicant shall also provide any information necessary for the department providing the service for which the covered account is created to access the applicant's consumer credit report. To the extent possible, such information shall be entered directly into Augusta-Richmond County's computer system and shall not otherwise be recorded. (2) Eaeh aeeouBt shall be assigBed aB aeeouBt Bumber aBd persoBal ideBtitieatioB Bumber (PIN) whieh shall be uBique to that aeeouBt. "A Augusta RiehmoBd COUBty may utilize eomputer softwari! to raBdomly geBerate assigBed PINs aBd to eBef)'pt aeeouBt Bumbers aBd PINs. The preamble to this ordinance is hereby incorporated into this ordinance as if set out fully herein. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed, The adoption date of this ordinance is June 2, 2009 ,2009. The effective date of this ordinance is: June.L.2 '.,. 2009 Adopted this ~ day of June ,2009. Seal: 2nd Reading May 19, ~&9_"..":.""."" ~~" ...~'f':~'IO"o ~.,-,..?>~~ "",,_ ~\,-",." 'lvl) ("";,~ ,,,!,' ~ "........."..0 0,,, .)~ ~;.' .."'.- ~e "'~3 L~=t... \~ 'Q~ en- . ,.,.- .\1"(.) ......~ f.~" " ~'), 0""- t/ . . ..""0"':\ " i' . :~A~U~;;(~. 1; ~ e ~ of ommi'$SlQri';;~lL ;:j f1 ~& ~ t'~. .~$~)o'~.w:..,.. {r) l~ .~",. 0 ~,j;l. <>. d ~ O.g, \~ ..u"':: ilf 'A flea ~e ~ V~k o~~*~$. .~ '-:1,:\ ...."" ~ ""'h GEORG'.t .,~<f-' "-'l~~~~~~~~~',~. cQJA.~ David S. penhaver As its Mayor Publish in the Augusta Chronicle June 11, 2009 CERTIFICATION The undersigned Clerk of Commission, Lena J. Bonner, hereby certifies that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission on , 2009 and that such Ordinance have not been modified or rescinded as of the date hereof and the undersigned further certifies that attached hereto is a true copy of the Ordinance which was approved and adopted in the foregoing meeting(s). Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission Published in the Augusta Chronicle. Date: