Bill Text: MI SB0580 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Crimes; other; certain requirements regarding the sale or resale of event tickets; provide for, and provide penalties for noncompliance. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 465d. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0578'19, SB 0579'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-10 - Referred To Committee On Economic And Small Business Development [SB0580 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0580-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 580
October 10, 2019, Introduced by Senator HERTEL
and referred to the Committee on Economic and Small Business Development.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 465d.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 465d. (1) A ticket seller shall not contract for the sale of tickets or accept consideration for payment in full or for a deposit for the sale of tickets unless the ticket seller meets 1 or more of the following requirements:
(a) The ticket seller has the ticket in his or her possession.
(b) The ticket seller has a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain the ticket from the primary contractor.
(c) The ticket seller informs the purchaser at the time of the contract or receipt of consideration, whichever is earlier, and again in writing within 2 business days, that the seller does not have possession of the tickets, has no contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain the ticket from the primary contractor, and may not be able to supply the ticket at the contracted price or range of prices.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a ticket seller from accepting a deposit from a prospective purchaser as part of an agreement that the ticket seller will make best efforts to obtain a ticket at a specified price or price range and within a specified time, provided that the ticket seller informs the purchaser at the time of the contract or receipt of consideration, whichever is earlier, and again in writing within 2 business days, of the terms of the deposit agreement, and includes in the oral and written notice the disclosures otherwise required by subsection (1).
(3) A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of $500.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 578.
(b) Senate Bill No. 579.
