Assembly Bill A10713

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to automated ticket purchasing software

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-A10713 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8123
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง25.24, Arts & Cul L

2015-A10713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automated ticket purchasing software.

2015-A10713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10713

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Crespo) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to  auto-
  mated ticket purchasing software

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 25.24 of the arts  and  cultural  affairs  law,  as
added by chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S  25.24.  [Automated  ticket] TICKET purchasing software. 1. The term
"[automated]  ticket  purchasing  software"  shall  mean,  any  machine,
device,  computer  program  or computer software that [navigates or runs
automated tasks  on  retail  ticket  purchasing  websites  in  order  to
bypass], ON ITS OWN OR WITH HUMAN ASSISTANCE, BYPASSES security measures
[to  purchase  tickets]  OR  ACCESS  CONTROL  SYSTEMS ON A RETAIL TICKET
PURCHASING PLATFORM, OR OTHER CONTROLS OR MEASURES ON  A  RETAIL  TICKET
PURCHASING PLATFORM THAT ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF
TICKETS  THAT  CAN  BE  PURCHASED, TO PURCHASE TICKETS.  FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, THE TERM "RETAIL TICKET PURCHASING PLATFORM" SHALL MEAN  A
RETAIL  TICKET  PURCHASING  WEBSITE, APPLICATION, PHONE SYSTEM, OR OTHER
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM USED TO SELL TICKETS.
  2. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER
ENTITY to utilize [automated] ticket  purchasing  software  to  purchase
tickets.
  (B)  IT  SHALL  BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER
ENTITY TO KNOWINGLY RESELL OR OFFER TO RESELL A TICKET THAT SUCH PERSON,
FIRM, CORPORATION OR  OTHER  ENTITY  KNOWS  WAS  OBTAINED  USING  TICKET
PURCHASING SOFTWARE AND WAS NOT OBTAINED FOR THEIR OWN USE OR THE USE OF
THEIR INVITEES, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS.
  3.  (A)  Any  person,  FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY who knowingly
utilizes [automated] ticket purchasing  software  in  order  [to  bypass
security  measures]  to  purchase  tickets  shall  be subject to a civil
penalty in an amount of no less than five hundred dollars  and  no  more
than  [one  thousand dollars] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14490-18-6
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.