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- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Limits the re-sale price of tickets to charitable events and criminalizing violations of the limitation
In Assembly Committee · Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Title of bill
An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to limiting the re-sale price of tickets to charitable events and criminalizing violations of the limitation
Purpose
To prevent the resale of tickets to events benefiting not-for-profit organizations from being sold for a price higher than the established price printed on the ticket.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds a new Section 25.06 to the arts and cultural affairs law.
The provisions of the new section:
* Require that every operator of a place of entertainment print on the face of tickets to events for which revenue is dedicated to a charity or not-for-profit cause that the established price is the maximum price at which such ticket can be resold.
* Make it unlawful to resell or offer to resell a ticket for a price higher than the established price to an event for which revenue is dedicated to a charity or not-for-profit cause.
* Establish that anyone found guilty of reselling a ticket to an event for which revenue is dedicated to a charity or not-for-profit cause shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by terms of imprisonment not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars on the first conviction; one thousand five hundred dollars on the second conviction; and two thousand dollars, on each subsequent conviction or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Justification
Entertainment events from which significant ticket revenue is dedicated to not-for-profit organizations generate large amounts of money for important and sometimes urgent causes.
Some individuals and organizations are making significant profit from reselling these tickets, meant for charitable causes, at greatly inflated prices. Money generated by ticket sales from these events is meant to go to the designated not-for-profit organizations and to defray the costs associated with putting on the shows, not to those that can resell the tickets to the highest bidder.
This bill would make sure that any revenue gained from ticket sales for charitable events stays where it is intended -- with the charity or not for profit.
Legislative history
2013-2014: S838/A9637 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Fiscal implications
This bill would have no significant fiscal impact.
Effective date
This act shall take effect forty five days after it has become law.
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