Rep. Angelo Saviano
Filed: 4/8/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4791
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4791 on page 5, by | ||||||
3 | inserting immediately below line 14 the following:
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4 | "Section 10. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 375/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 157.31)
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7 | Sec. 1. Sale of tickets other than at box office | ||||||
8 | prohibited; exceptions.
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9 | (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, | ||||||
10 | owner, lessee,
manager, trustee, or any of their employees or | ||||||
11 | agents, owning, conducting,
managing or operating any theater, | ||||||
12 | circus, baseball park, place of public
entertainment or | ||||||
13 | amusement where tickets of admission are sold for any such
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14 | places of amusement or public entertainment to sell or permit | ||||||
15 | the sale,
barter or exchange of such admission tickets at any | ||||||
16 | other place than in the
box office or on the premises of such |
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1 | theater, circus, baseball park, place
of public entertainment | ||||||
2 | or amusement, but nothing herein prevents such
theater, circus, | ||||||
3 | baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement
from | ||||||
4 | placing any of its admission tickets for sale at any other | ||||||
5 | place at
the same price such admission tickets are sold by such | ||||||
6 | theater, circus,
baseball park or other place of public | ||||||
7 | entertainment or amusement at its
box office or on the premises | ||||||
8 | of such places, at the same advertised price
or printed rate | ||||||
9 | thereof. | ||||||
10 | (b) Any term or condition of the original sale of a ticket | ||||||
11 | to any theater, circus, baseball park, or place of public | ||||||
12 | entertainment or amusement where tickets of admission are sold | ||||||
13 | that purports to limit the terms or conditions of resale of the | ||||||
14 | ticket (including but not limited to the resale price of the | ||||||
15 | ticket) is unenforceable, null, and void if the resale | ||||||
16 | transaction is carried out by any of the means set forth in | ||||||
17 | subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1.5 of this Act. | ||||||
18 | This subsection shall not apply to a term or condition of the | ||||||
19 | original sale of a ticket to any theater, circus, baseball | ||||||
20 | park, or place of public entertainment or amusement where | ||||||
21 | tickets of admission are sold that purports to limit the terms | ||||||
22 | or conditions of resale of a ticket specifically designated as | ||||||
23 | seating in a special section for a person with a physical | ||||||
24 | disability. | ||||||
25 | (c) An original ticket seller must post on a publicly | ||||||
26 | available
Internet website the following information in |
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1 | connection with the
sale, allocation, or distribution of | ||||||
2 | tickets to each event for
which the seller is the original | ||||||
3 | seller as soon as possible in
conjunction with the original | ||||||
4 | public sale: | ||||||
5 | (1) the number of tickets offered for sale to the | ||||||
6 | general
public at each price level; | ||||||
7 | (2) the number of tickets allocated or distributed to | ||||||
8 | the
original ticket seller or its agents at each price
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9 | level; | ||||||
10 | (3) the number of tickets sold, allocated, or | ||||||
11 | distributed
to fan clubs at each price level; | ||||||
12 | (4) the number of tickets sold, allocated, or | ||||||
13 | distributed
to the promoter or performer or their agents at | ||||||
14 | each
price level; and | ||||||
15 | (5) the identity of the recipients of any tickets sold,
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16 | allocated, or distributed to anyone not listed in
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17 | paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection (c).
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18 | (Source: P.A. 94-20, eff. 6-14-05.)".
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