Bill Text: DE HB3 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Ticket Scalping.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-16 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits [HB3 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2013-HB3-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. Briggs King & Sen. Lavelle;
	Reps. D. Short, Keeley, Bolden, Mitchell, Paradee; Sens. Hocker, Lopez, Pettyjohn

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 3

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TICKET SCALPING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1.Amend Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining to read:

§918. Ticket scalping.

(a) No person shall sell, resell or exchange any ticket to any event or exhibit at a price higher than the original price on the day preceding or on the day of an event at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center on the South Campus of the University of Delaware or of a NASCAR Race held at Dover Downs, or on any state or federal highway artery within this State, or for any musical concert event at the Delaware State Fair.

(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of ticket scalping. Any person convicted a first time of ticket scalping is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Any person convicted a second or subsequent time of ticket scalping shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over any offense charged under this section.

(c) For purposes of this section the word "ticket" shall mean any admittance, receipt, entrance ticket or other evidence of a right to be admitted to an event or exhibit.

SYNOPSIS

This bill prohibits certain ticket scalping for musical concert events at the Delaware State Fair.