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§ 75-c.  Security  measures.  Every banking institution shall maintain
the following security measures with respect to each  of  the  automated
teller machine facilities within its dominion and control:
  1.  A  surveillance camera or cameras, which shall view and record all
persons entering an automated teller machine facility located within the
interior of a building, or which shall  view  and  record  all  activity
occurring within a minimum of three feet in front of an automated teller
machine  located  outside  a  building and open to the outdoor air. Such
camera or cameras need not  record  banking  transactions  made  at  the
automated  teller machines. The recordings made by such cameras shall be
preserved by the banking institution for at least forty-five days.
  2. Adequate lighting.
  3. With respect to an indoor automated teller  machine  facility:  (a)
entry  doors  equipped  with  locking devices which permit entry to such
facility only to persons using a magnetic-strip plastic card or  similar
access device.

(b) To the extent practicable, as determined by an expert with competence in such matters and as permitted by local building codes, at least one exterior wall which provides an unobstructed view of the interior of the automated teller machine facility.

(c) A reflective mirror or mirrors, as necessary, placed in such a manner as to permit a person entering an indoor automated teller machine facility to view areas within such facility that are otherwise concealed to plain view.

(d) A clearly visible sign which, at a minimum, provides the following information:

(1) the activity of the automated teller machine facility is being recorded by a surveillance camera or cameras;

(2) customers should close the entry door completely upon entering and exiting;

(3) customers should not permit any unknown persons to enter after regular banking hours;

(4) customers should place withdrawn cash securely upon their person before exiting the automated teller machine facility;

(5) complaints concerning security in the automated teller machine facility should be directed to the banking institution's security department or the department of financial services, together with telephone numbers for such complaints, and that the nearest available public telephone should be used to call the police if emergency assistance is needed.