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History
- Signed chap.68
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.34
- Substituted for A7950D
- Referred to ways and means
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading (t) 3821b
- Amended on third reading (t) 3821a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
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- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to tourism, arts and sports development
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–3
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.265
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Prohibits agents of operator from selling tickets to secondary ticket resellers; extends expiration of ticket scalping provisions
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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Title of bill
An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to prohibiting the agents of an operator from reselling tickets to secondary ticket resellers; to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amending the arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to the regulation of boxing and wrestling relating to tickets to places of entertainment, in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof; and directing the secretary of state to review and report upon the effectiveness of the regulation of the sale of tickets to places of entertainment
Purpose or general idea of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the ticket resale law changes first enacted in 2007 fifty weeks until May 15, 2010, to have a report generated in regards to article 25 of the arts and cultural affairs law, and to prohibit operator's agents from selling or conveying tickets to a secondary reseller that they own or control.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill amends and renumbers subdivision 2 of section 25.13 of the arts and cultural affairs law to section 3 and creates a new section 2 that would prohibit any operator's agent from selling or conveying any tickets to any secondary ticket resellers. Section 3 mandates the operator or promoter to disclose whether a ticket has an obstructed view. Every sale or resale of such ticket shall include a disclosure of such obstructed view.
Section 2 amends chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amends the arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920, as amended by chapter 374 of the laws of 2007 to extend the current law from being repealed on June 1, 2009 and setting a repeal date of May 15, 2010.
Section 3 directs the attorney general to generate a report on the effectiveness of article 25 of the arts and cultural affairs law by February 1, 2010.
Justification
Chapter 61 of the laws of 2007 created a shift in the way that operators, venues, ticket brokers, and the general public could access tickets after the primary sale. Gone were the caps imposed on what could be charged for a ticket on the secondary market in favor of a free market approach. During the two years of free market secondary ticket sales, few if any complaints have surfaced on the conduct of the secondary market. What has transpired is wholesale off-loading of tickets by a primary seller to a secondary seller without any chance for the public to purchase tickets at first sale and the consumer being re-directed to secondary ticket resale where both the primary and secondary market are controlled by the same entity. This bill is aimed at stopping that practice by prohibiting primary ticket agents from either selling or conveying tickets to a secondary ticket seller.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that if this act shall not have become a law on or before June 1,2009, section two of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after June 1,2009; provided, further, 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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