STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4357

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to allow ticket resellers to renew their license at  no  cost  if
          all  other  license requirements are met; and providing for the repeal
          of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  any  ticket  reseller licensed pursuant to section 25.13 of the arts and
     3  cultural affairs law for the year 2020 shall renew such  license  at  no
     4  cost  for  the year 2021.  Such ticket reseller license renewal shall be
     5  accepted and deemed to have been in full force and effect on  and  after
     6  January  1, 2021 upon submission of a renewal application, completion of
     7  other license requirements, proof of bonding and semi-annual  reporting.
     8  Any  ticket  reseller licensed pursuant to section 25.13 of the arts and
     9  cultural affairs law for the year 2020 who has already paid the  license
    10  renewal  fee  for  the  year 2021 may submit a renewal application at no
    11  cost for the year 2022.
    12    § 2. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  that  the
    13  provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the day of
    14  the  expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the novel
    15  coronavirus (COVID-19); and provided, further, that  the  superintendent
    16  of financial services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
    17  sion  upon  the occurrence of the expiration of the state disaster emer-
    18  gency declared by executive order number 202 and any further  amendments
    19  or  modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to section 28
    20  of the executive law, in order that the commission may maintain an accu-
    21  rate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws  of
    22  the  state  of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of
    23  section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
    24  cers law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07204-01-1