Connecticut 2024 Regular Session

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7	5		General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 15
8	6		February Session, 2024
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12	10		Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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15	13		Introduced by:
16		-	Request of the Governor
17		-	Pursuant to Joint Rule 9
	14	+	Request of the Governor Pursuant
	15	+	to Joint Rule 9
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22	21		AN ACT REQUIRING FEE DISCLOSURES.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2024) (a) For the purposes of this 1
27	26		section: 2
28	27		(1) "Consumer" means any individual who is (A) a resident of this 3
29	28		state, and (B) a prospective recipient of any consumer good or service; 4
30	29		(2) "Consumer good or service" (A) means any good or service that is 5
31	30		purchased, leased or rented primarily for personal, family or household 6
32	31		purposes, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, (i) any event ticket, food 7
33	32		or beverage, or the delivery thereof, and (ii) the right to occupy any hotel 8
34	33		room, motel room, short-term rental, as defined in section 12-408h of the 9
35	34		general statutes, or similar lodging that includes sleeping 10
36	35		accommodations; 11
37	36		(3) "Digital platform" includes, but is not limited to, (A) any Internet 12
38		-	web site, and (B) any software application for any cellular mobile 13 Bill No. 15
	37	+	web site, and (B) any software application for any cellular mobile 13
	38	+	telephone or other mobile electronic device; 14 Governor's Bill No. 15
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46	44		(4) "Event ticket" means any printed, electronic or other license issued 15
47	45		by any primary ticket platform or secondary ticket platform for 16
48	46		admission to any event at a date and time specified on such license; 17
49	47		(5) "Food delivery platform" means any digital platform that (A) is 18
50	48		operated by a third-party delivery service, as defined in section 42-900 19
51	49		of the general statutes, and (B) facilitates (i) any consumer's effort to 20
52	50		order any food or beverage online, or (ii) any delivery of any food or 21
53	51		beverage to any consumer; 22
54	52		(6) "Lodging platform" means any (A) short-term rental platform, as 23
55	53		defined in section 12-408h of the general statutes, and (B) digital 24
56	54		platform that facilitates any consumer's effort to search for and purchase 25
57	55		the right to occupy any hotel room, motel room or similar lodging that 26
58	56		includes sleeping accommodations; 27
59	57		(7) "Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, 28
60	58		firm, corporation, trust, limited liability company, limited liability 29
61	59		partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association or other 30
62	60		legal entity; 31
63	61		(8) "Primary ticket platform" means any digital platform that is 32
64	62		operated or provided for the purpose of selling, or facilitating sales of, 33
65	63		event tickets to consumers; and 34
66	64		(9) "Secondary ticket platform" (A) means any digital platform that is 35
67	65		operated or provided for the purpose of reselling, or facilitating resales 36
68	66		of, event tickets to consumers, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any 37
69	67		primary ticket platform to the extent that such primary ticket platform 38
70	68		is engaged in reselling, or facilitating resales of, event tickets to 39
71	69		consumers. 40
72	70		(b) No person doing business in this state shall advertise, display or 41
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	71	+	offer any price: 42
	72	+	(1) On any event ticket unless such advertisement, display or offer 43
	73	+	clearly and conspicuously discloses the total price, including, but not 44 Governor's Bill No. 15
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82	79		limited to, any mandatory fees or charges other than any applicable 45
83	80		taxes imposed by government entities, for such event ticket; or 46
84	81		(2) For any consumer good or service on any food delivery platform, 47
85	82		lodging platform, primary ticket platform or secondary ticket platform 48
86	83		unless such advertisement, display or offer clearly and conspicuously 49
87	84		discloses the total price, including, but not limited to, any mandatory 50
88	85		fees or charges other than any applicable taxes imposed by government 51
89	86		entities, for such consumer good or service. 52
90	87		(c) A violation of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive 53
91	88		trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general 54
92	89		statutes. 55
93	90		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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96	93		Section 1 October 1, 2024 New section
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	95	+	Statement of Purpose:
	96	+	To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
	97	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	98	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
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