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- Committed to tourism, arts and sports development
- Ordered to third reading cal.613
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.177
- Rules report cal.177
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
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- Print number 8623a
- Amend (t) and recommit to tourism, arts and sports development
- Referred to tourism, arts and sports development
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Establishes a study commission to report on the effectiveness of regulation of the sale of tickets; repealer
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Craig M. Johnson
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BILL NUMBER:A8623A
Title of bill
An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment; and to repeal certain provisions of the arts and cultural affairs law and of a chapter of the laws of 2009, amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to prohibiting the agents of an operator from reselling tickets to secondary ticket resellers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.3821-B and A.7950-D relating thereto
Purpose or general idea of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to clarify language in a chapter of 2009 relating to obstruction of view on tickets sold in New York as well as setting forth a report to be completed by the consumer protection board.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill amends repeals the new subdivisions established in 25.13 of the arts and cultural affairs law as proposed in A.7950-D.
Section 2 creates a new subdivision 3 and 4 in section 25.30 of the arts and cultural affairs law relating to the operator's agent and obstructed view seat or seats.
Section 3 repeals section 3 of a chapter of 2009 as proposed in S.3821-8 and A.7950-D.
Section 4 adds a new section 25.37 to the arts and cultural affairs law and sets forth a report to be completed by February 26, 2010 on the effectiveness as well as other issues in the ticket selling industry.
Justification
To clarify the term obstructed view from seat or seats as set forth in a certain chapter of 2009, so that operators are not held responsible for obstructions that are temporary in nature or based on the actions a person or people that maybe occupying a seat or seats or an aisle close to the ticket holder whose view is obstructed. This bill specifies cooperation of the department of state with the consumer protection board as it studies and reports on a number of issues related to the ticket selling industry that is required in a certain chapter of 2009.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections one and three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2009, amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to prohibiting the agents of an operator from reselling tickets to secondary ticket resellers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.3821-8 and A.7950-D, takes effect; provided, however, that the amendments to article 25 of the arts and cultural affairs law, made by section one of this act, shall not
affect the expiration and repeal of such article, and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
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