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HB 277 Consumer protection; transparency in ticket fees, civil penalties.

Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Consumer protection; transparency in ticket fees; civil penalties. Requires any person selling or reselling a ticket to an event to clearly and conspicuously display the total cost of the ticket from the first time a price is displayed and any time thereafter. The bill allows for a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each violation.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Consumer protection; transparency in ticket fees; civil penalties. Provides that every ticket of admission or other evidence of right of entry for admission to a professional concert, professional sporting event, or professional theatrical production, to which a price is charged, shall bear on its face the price charged for such ticket or other evidence of right of entry by the person issuing the same or causing the same to be issued. The bill allows for a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each violation.