Amended IN Assembly March 14, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2203Introduced by Assembly Member McCartyFebruary 07, 2024An act to add Section 22502.4 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to ticket sellers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2203, as amended, McCarty. Ticket sellers: electronic tickets.Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. Existing law provides various exemptions from those provisions, including, among others, exempting a person who sells 6 tickets or less to any one single event, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor, and imposes civil penalties for certain violations.This bill would prohibit electronic tickets from going on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue. The bill would also bill, notwithstanding the above-described exemption, would make it unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. By expanding the scope of existing provisions regulating ticket sellers and sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event. By imposing new requirements on ticket sellers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 22502.4 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:22502.4.(a)Electronic tickets shall not go on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue.(b)It22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
Amended IN Assembly March 14, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2203Introduced by Assembly Member McCartyFebruary 07, 2024An act to add Section 22502.4 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to ticket sellers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2203, as amended, McCarty. Ticket sellers: electronic tickets.Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. Existing law provides various exemptions from those provisions, including, among others, exempting a person who sells 6 tickets or less to any one single event, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor, and imposes civil penalties for certain violations.This bill would prohibit electronic tickets from going on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue. The bill would also bill, notwithstanding the above-described exemption, would make it unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. By expanding the scope of existing provisions regulating ticket sellers and sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event. By imposing new requirements on ticket sellers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Assembly March 14, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 14, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2203
Introduced by Assembly Member McCartyFebruary 07, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty
February 07, 2024
An act to add Section 22502.4 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to ticket sellers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2203, as amended, McCarty. Ticket sellers: electronic tickets.
Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. Existing law provides various exemptions from those provisions, including, among others, exempting a person who sells 6 tickets or less to any one single event, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor, and imposes civil penalties for certain violations.This bill would prohibit electronic tickets from going on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue. The bill would also bill, notwithstanding the above-described exemption, would make it unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. By expanding the scope of existing provisions regulating ticket sellers and sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event. By imposing new requirements on ticket sellers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. Existing law provides various exemptions from those provisions, including, among others, exempting a person who sells 6 tickets or less to any one single event, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor, and imposes civil penalties for certain violations.
This bill would prohibit electronic tickets from going on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue. The bill would also bill, notwithstanding the above-described exemption, would make it unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. By expanding the scope of existing provisions regulating ticket sellers and sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event. By imposing new requirements on ticket sellers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 22502.4 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:22502.4.(a)Electronic tickets shall not go on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue.(b)It22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 22502.4 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:22502.4.(a)Electronic tickets shall not go on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue.(b)It22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.
SECTION 1. Section 22502.4 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
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22502.4.(a)Electronic tickets shall not go on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue.(b)It22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.
(a)Electronic tickets shall not go on sale until the tickets have been provided to the ticket seller by the venue.
(b)It
22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.
22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.
22502.4. Notwithstanding Section 22504, it shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to fail to deliver a ticket purchased electronically within 72 hours of purchase or an hour before the event, whichever comes first. sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market with the intent to cancel all but one sale before the date of the event.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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