Assembly Bill A5881

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

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2023-A5881 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4923
Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Arts & Cul L, generally; add §5-338, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6716

2023-A5881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; institutes civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software; institutes new penalties for second offenses for licensees and for any person, firm, corporation or entity who is made aware of the utilization of ticket purchasing software and does not notify the attorney general of such utilization (Part A); establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee

2023-A5881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5881
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to insti-
   tuting civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software  (Part
   A);  to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to estab-
   lishing an annual professional  reseller  renewal  fee  and  requiring
   professional  ticket  resellers to provide their New York state ticket
   reseller license number (Part B);  to  amend  the  arts  and  cultural
   affairs  law,  in  relation to providing criteria for when a purchaser
   may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part C);  to
   amend  the  arts  and  cultural  affairs  law,  in  relation to resale
   requirements for tickets (Part D); to  amend  the  arts  and  cultural
   affairs  law, in relation to unlawful charges in connection with tick-
   ets (Part E); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in  relation
   to  the  availability  of tickets for sale to the general public (Part
   F); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to minimum
   seating capacity requirements for a professional  sports  organization
   membership  pass  (Part  G);  to amend the general obligations law, in
   relation to prohibiting exclusivity clauses in contracts between oper-
   ators of places of entertainment and primary ticket vendors (Part  H);
   and  to  amend  the  arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the
   resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket  package
   (Part I)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law  components  of  legislation  that
 relate  to  live  event ticket sales. Each component is wholly contained
 within a Part identified as Parts A through I. The  effective  date  for
 each particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the
 last section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within
 a  Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes reference
 to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular
 component, shall be deemed  to  mean  and  refer  to  the  corresponding
 section of the Part in which it is found, unless noted otherwise.
 
              

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