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2006 SESSION
061114408Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-969 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-969. Ordinances prohibiting resale of tickets to certain public events; penalty.
A. Any locality may provide, by
ordinance, that it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to resell for profit
any ticket for admission to any sporting event, theatrical production, lecture,
motion picture or any other event open to the public for which tickets are
ordinarily sold, except for more
than the actual retail price or the price shown on the face, if any.
Such ordinance may provide that violators thereof are guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor.
B. Subsection A shall not apply in the
case of religious, charitable, or educational organizations where all or a
portion of the admission price reverts to the sponsoring group and the resale
for profit of such ticket is authorized by the sponsor of the event and the
manager or owner of the facility in which the event is being held. Such
ordinance may provide that violators thereof are guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor.
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