Bill Text: NY S03617 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to ticket pricing and extends certain provisions of the arts and cultural affairs law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03617 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03617-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3617
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to ticket
          pricing
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  25.23  of  the  arts and cultural affairs law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.   The price of admission disclosed at  the  initiation  of  a  sale
     4  (including  face-to-face transactions) shall include the entire price to
     5  be paid inclusive of all service charges and fees, although such charges
     6  and fees included within the entire price may be described separately or
     7  through links that display the components of the entire price.  Delivery
     8  fees  do  not  need  to  be  included  in  the entire price, but must be
     9  disclosed prior to completion of a sale.
    10    § 2. Section 25.29 of the arts and cultural affairs law is amended  by
    11  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    12    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
    13  the price of admission disclosed at the initiation of a sale  (including
    14  face-to-face  transactions)  shall  include  the entire price to be paid
    15  inclusive of all service charges and fees,  although  such  charges  and
    16  fees  included  within  the  entire price may be described separately or
    17  through links that display the components of the entire price.  Delivery
    18  fees  do  not  need  to  be  included  in  the entire price, but must be
    19  disclosed prior to completion of a sale.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
    21    a. the amendments to section 25.23 of the arts  and  cultural  affairs
    22  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    23  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
    24    b. the amendments to section 25.29 of the arts  and  cultural  affairs
    25  law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    26  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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