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Senate Bill S3617

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to ticket pricing

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2019-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§25.23 & 25.29, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6962
2015-2016: S2615
2017-2018: S3753

2019-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ticket pricing and extends certain provisions of the arts and cultural affairs law.

2019-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3617
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to ticket
   pricing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  25.23  of  the  arts and cultural affairs law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.   THE PRICE OF ADMISSION DISCLOSED AT  THE  INITIATION  OF  A  SALE
 (INCLUDING  FACE-TO-FACE TRANSACTIONS) SHALL INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PRICE TO
 BE PAID INCLUSIVE OF ALL SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES, ALTHOUGH SUCH CHARGES
 AND FEES INCLUDED WITHIN THE ENTIRE PRICE MAY BE DESCRIBED SEPARATELY OR
 THROUGH LINKS THAT DISPLAY THE COMPONENTS OF THE ENTIRE PRICE.  DELIVERY
 FEES  DO  NOT  NEED  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE ENTIRE PRICE, BUT MUST BE
 DISCLOSED PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF A SALE.
   § 2. Section 25.29 of the arts and cultural affairs law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 THE PRICE OF ADMISSION DISCLOSED AT THE INITIATION OF A SALE  (INCLUDING
 FACE-TO-FACE  TRANSACTIONS)  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE ENTIRE PRICE TO BE PAID
 INCLUSIVE OF ALL SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES,  ALTHOUGH  SUCH  CHARGES  AND
 FEES  INCLUDED  WITHIN  THE  ENTIRE PRICE MAY BE DESCRIBED SEPARATELY OR
 THROUGH LINKS THAT DISPLAY THE COMPONENTS OF THE ENTIRE PRICE.  DELIVERY
 FEES  DO  NOT  NEED  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE ENTIRE PRICE, BUT MUST BE
 DISCLOSED PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF A SALE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
   a. the amendments to section 25.23 of the arts  and  cultural  affairs
 law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
   b. the amendments to section 25.29 of the arts  and  cultural  affairs
 law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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