Florida 2022 2022 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1316 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/20/2021

 Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1316  By Senator Hooper 16-01191-22 20221316__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to resale of tickets; amending s. 3 817.36, F.S.; providing that certain tickets may be 4 sold as nontransferable tickets only under certain 5 circumstances; providing exceptions; defining the term 6 nontransferable ticket; prohibiting the original 7 ticket seller from taking certain actions against a 8 person who purchases or resells a ticket; providing an 9 effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (5) of section 14 817.36, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2) 15 through (6), respectively, present subsection (6) of that 16 section is redesignated as new subsection (1), and subsections 17 (7) and (8) are added to that section, to read: 18 817.36Resale of tickets. 19 (7)Other than a ticket identified in paragraph (2)(a), 20 paragraph (2)(b), or paragraph (2)(c), any ticket may be sold as 21 a nontransferable ticket only if, at the time of sale, the 22 original ticket seller offers the option, prominently displayed, 23 to purchase the same ticket with no limit on transferability. As 24 used in this subsection, the term nontransferable ticket means 25 a ticket that: 26 (a)May not be given away or resold in a method of the 27 ticketholders choosing; or 28 (b)Requires the ticketholder and the purchaser to 29 facilitate the exchange exclusively through an application 30 program operated by the original ticket seller. 31 (8)The original ticket seller may not penalize, 32 discriminate against, or deny access to an event to a person who 33 purchases or resells a ticket in a manner authorized by this 34 section. 35 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.