Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 13, 2016 |
referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Assembly Bill A10722
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRESPO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A10722 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8124
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
- Law Section:
- Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง25.24, Arts & Cul L
2015-A10722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10722 I N A S S E M B L Y June 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Crespo) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to auto- mated ticket purchasing software THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 25.24 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 25.24. [Automated ticket] TICKET purchasing software. 1. The term "[automated] ticket purchasing software" shall mean, any machine, device, computer program or computer software that [navigates or runs automated tasks on retail ticket purchasing websites in order to bypass], ON ITS OWN OR WITH HUMAN ASSISTANCE, BYPASSES security measures [to purchase tickets] OR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS ON A RETAIL TICKET PURCHASING PLATFORM, OR OTHER CONTROLS OR MEASURES ON A RETAIL TICKET PURCHASING PLATFORM THAT ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED, TO PURCHASE TICKETS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "RETAIL TICKET PURCHASING PLATFORM" SHALL MEAN A RETAIL TICKET PURCHASING WEBSITE, APPLICATION, PHONE SYSTEM, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM USED TO SELL TICKETS. 2. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY to utilize [automated] ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets. (B) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY TO KNOWINGLY RESELL OR OFFER TO RESELL A TICKET THAT SUCH PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY KNOWS WAS OBTAINED USING TICKET PURCHASING SOFTWARE AND WAS NOT OBTAINED FOR THEIR OWN USE OR THE USE OF THEIR INVITEES, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS. 3. (A) Any person, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY who knowingly utilizes [automated] ticket purchasing software in order [to bypass security measures] to purchase tickets shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of no less than five hundred dollars and no more than [one thousand dollars] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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