ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

 

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HB 2748: ticket sales; resellers; website requirements

Sponsor: Representative Weninger, LD 13

Committee on Commerce

Overview

Requires an operator to deliver an electronic ticket to the purchaser on receipt of an order confirmation.

History

A person is prohibited from using or creating a bot to: 1) purchase tickets in excess of the posted limit for an online ticket sale; 2) use multiple internet protocol addresses, multiple purchaser accounts or multiple email addresses to purchase tickets in excess of the posted limit for an online ticket sale; 3) circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting period, presale code or other sales volume limitation system associated with an online ticket sale; and 4) circumvent or disable a security measure, access control system or other control or measure that is used to validate that the ticket is not fraudulent (A.R.S. § 44-7202).

Statute prohibits a person from selling an entertainment event ticket purchased for the purpose of resale for a price that exceeds the face value of the ticket, including taxes and other charges, while being within 200 feet of entry to the venue where the event is being held or the venue's parking area. Additionally, a person may not alter a ticket's printed price without the original vendor's written consent. A person who violates the prohibitions is guilty of a petty offense (A.R.S. § 13-3718).

Provisions

1.   Instructs an operator to deliver an electronic ticket to the purchaser on receipt of an order confirmation. (Sec. 2)

2.   Defines operator as:

a)   a person or entity, that owns, operates or controls a place of entertainment or that promotes or produces entertainment and that sells a ticket to an event for original sale; and

b)   an employee of an operator. (Sec. 1)

3.   Defines original sale as the first sale of a ticket by an operator. (Sec. 1)

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