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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 434 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 6263 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (GL) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING SPECU LATIVE SALES OF EVENT TICKETS. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Section 53-289b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Any person who resells a ticket to an entertainment event, 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | or operatic performance, shall refund to the purchaser of such ticket 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the full amount, including all service fees and delivery charges, paid 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by the purchaser for such ticket if any of the following occurs: (1) The 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | event for which the ticket is resold is cancelled; (2) the ticket received 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | by the purchaser does not grant the purchaser admission to the event 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | described on the ticket; [or] (3) the ticket fails to conform to its 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | description as advertised by the ticket reseller; or (4) the reseller is 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | unable to provide the purchaser with such ticket pursuant to 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | subsection (c) of this section. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) A person who resells a ticket pursuant to subsection (a) of this 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | section shall provide the purchaser of such ticket with such ticket 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | reseller's name, address and telephone number or other information 16 Committee Bill No. 434 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO 6263 {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00434- |
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| 46 | 46 | | necessary to allow such purchaser to contact such ticket reseller to 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | obtain a refund of the ticket price, if necessary. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) A person who resells a ticket pursuant to subsection (a) of this 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | section shall not employ a tentative ticket sale policy whereby the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | reseller sells a ticket that is not in the reseller's possession at the time of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sale, unless the policy is disclosed to the purchaser at the beginning of 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the transaction. The disclosure shall include an approximate ticket 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | delivery date and the number of tickets guaranteed to be sold to the 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | purchaser, as well as the zone, section or seat number assigned by the 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | venue for each ticket. 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | [(c)] (d) A violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this 27 |
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| 57 | 57 | | section or of subsection (b) or (c) of this section is a class B 28 |
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| 58 | 58 | | misdemeanor. 29 |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 60 | 60 | | sections: |
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| 62 | 62 | | Section 1 October 1, 2019 53-289b |
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| 64 | 64 | | GL Joint Favorable |
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