The former Student Government bill to reduce fraudulent EagleBucks activity was “dramatically changed” and adopted as a resolution Sunday, according to Class of 2012 Senator Seth Rosenstein.
A bill is legislation that must be signed by the SG President and represents the SG as a whole, said SG Parliamentarian Douglas Bell. A resolution is the Senate stating its “non-binding opinion.”
The resolution, sponsored by Rosenstein, now asks Housing and Dining Programs to enforce the rules already stipulated in the Merchant Service Agreement in regards to EagleBucks-funded delivery orders and to “explore ways to further safeguard students’ EagleBucks accounts.”
According to the Merchant Service Agreement, merchants must verify by “visual inspection” that the student in possession of the EagleBucks card is the student in the picture. The Agreement also requires merchants to keep payment slips for no less than 365 days from the transaction date.
“This is just asking that they enforce it, because as I’m sure, for those of you who currently live in the residence halls, you haven’t exactly had your IDs checked when you get your delivery order,” Rosenstein said to the Senate body.
Class of 2010 Senator Steve Dalton protested the resolution.
“What does this do?” Dalton asked Rosenstein. “Resolutions are non-binding, so we’re not asking them to change anything. We’re just saying, we think that you should ... I don’t know what we’re doing.”
Rosenstein said that this bill would help enforce the rules already in place.
“The problem is that the rules that are currently on the docket are not being enforced,” Rosenstein said. “At least not as much as they should be.”
Rosenstein said he hoped Housing and Dining Programs would instruct the residence hall desk receptionists to “keep an eye out” for possible misuse or fraud.
The resolution is now in effect and Speaker Amanda Merkwae will draft a memo and forward it to Housing and Dining Programs.
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