Bill Text: MA H3801 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The purchasing and sales of event tickets
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/9 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3801 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3801-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John F. Quinn
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the purchasing and sales of event tickets.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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John F. Quinn |
9th Bristol |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the purchasing and sales of event tickets.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140 Section 185A is hereby amended by placing at the end thereof the following:--
(a) Any person, ticket broker, or affiliated group of ticket brokers shall be prohibited from using an automated device to impede, block, or move ahead of another person seeking to purchase tickets to an event held in the state for the purposes of reselling the tickets to an event. Any person, ticket broker, or affiliated group of ticket brokers shall be prohibited from acquiring in excess of one percent of the total tickets allocated for any contest or event within a 24-hour period. Whoever intentionally uses an automated device for this purpose or acquires in excess of one percent of the tickets in a 24-hour period shall be subject to a revocation of its license for a period of not less than one year and a fine of not less than $2,000.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:-
“Event” means a theater performance or show, circus, concert, athletic contest, or any other entertainment or amusement to which the general public is admitted.
“Automated device” means a device that after initial human initialization or setup generates automated requests for tickets without further human interface. The definition includes, but is not limited to, computer software applications.
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