Section 24-5-27.5-22 - Prohibition against declining or refusing to process payment card transaction based solely on assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code; exceptions(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a financial services provider may not decline or otherwise refuse to process a lawful payment card transaction based solely on the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code to the payment card transaction.(b) A financial services provider may decline or otherwise refuse to process a lawful payment card transaction involving a firearms retailer on the basis of the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code:(1) at the request of the consumer;(2) in accordance with: (B) merchant category exclusions offered by a financial services provider for the purpose of expenditure control or corporate card control; applicable to the payment card involved in the payment card transaction; or
(3) for purposes of restricting the use or availability of a firearms code in Indiana.Added by P.L. 132-2024,SEC. 4, eff. 10/1/2024.