HLS 10RS-174 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 155
BY REPRESENTATIVE RICHARDSON
AMUSEMENTS/TICKETS: Allows a ticket to an athletic contest of an institution of higher
education to be sold for more than face value in certain situations
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 4:1(D), relative to the resale of tickets to athletic contests; to2
provide for an exemption to the reselling of tickets to athletic contests over the face3
value of the ticket; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 4:1(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1. Unlawful to sell tickets for more than the price; total cost of tickets to be printed7
on each8
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D.(1) In connection with the sale of tickets to athletic contests of institutions10
of higher education, contributions or other payments in excess of the printed price11
requested by or made to the institution or to an alumni organization or foundation12
which is organized for the primary purpose of providing support to the institution13
and which has been recognized as an approved support organization by the board of14
the institution shall be allowed.15
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection E of this Section, it shall be permissible for16
an individual to resell a ticket to an athletic contest of an institution of higher17
education for more than face value but not greater than the face value of the ticket18
plus the prorated per ticket portion of the contribution to the institution of higher19
education pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.20
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HB NO. 155
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Richardson HB No. 155
Abstract: Provides for an exemption to the resale of tickets to athletic contests over the
face value.
Present law provides that nothing shall prohibit the resale or offering for resale via the
Internet of an admission ticket, at any price, to an athletic contest, dance, theater, concert,
circus, or other amusement, if the organizer of the event and the operator of the location
where the event is occurring authorize admission tickets to such event to be resold for more
than the price printed on the face of the ticket. If such resale is authorized, any admission
ticket to the event may be resold or offered for resale through any website if such website's
operator guarantees a full refund of the amount paid for the ticket under each of the
following conditions:
(1)The ticketed event is canceled.
(2)The purchaser is denied admission to the ticketed event, unless such denial is due to
the action or omission of the purchaser.
(3)The ticket is not delivered to the purchaser in the manner described on such website
or pursuant to the delivery guarantee made by the reseller and such failure results in
the purchaser's inability to attend the ticketed event.
Present law provides that in connection with the sale of tickets to athletic contests of
institutions of higher education, contributions or other payments in excess of the printed
price requested by or made to the institution or to an alumni organization or foundation
which is organized for the primary purpose of providing support to the institution and which
has been recognized as an approved support organization by the board of the institution shall
be allowed.
Proposed law retains present law but allows an individual to resell a ticket for more than face
value but not greater than the face value of the ticket plus the prorated per-ticket portion of
the contribution to the institution of higher education pursuant to present law.
(Amends R.S. 4:1(D))