Bill Text: NY S06004 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment through June 30, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-24 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7701 [S06004 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06004-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6004
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amending the  arts  and
          cultural  affairs  law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to
          the regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to tickets  to
          places of entertainment; and chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, amending
          the  arts  and  cultural  affairs law relating to resale of tickets to
          places of entertainment, in relation to extending the effectiveness of
          the provisions thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 4 of chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amending the
     2  arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relat-
     3  ing to the regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to  tick-
     4  ets  to places of entertainment, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of
     5  2016, is amended to read as follows:
     6    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     7  have  become  a  law, provided, chapter 61 of the laws of 2007 shall not
     8  take effect with respect to the issuance  of  licenses  or  certificates
     9  under  this  article  by  the  secretary of state or department of state
    10  until January 1, 2008 and regulation under this article by  the  commis-
    11  sioners  of  licenses  of  the political subdivisions of the state shall
    12  continue through December 31, 2007, and shall remain in full  force  and
    13  effect only until and including June 30, [2017] 2018 when such act shall
    14  be  repealed  and  when, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
    15  provisions of article 25 of title G of the  arts  and  cultural  affairs
    16  law,  repealed by such act, shall be reinstituted; provided further that
    17  section 25.11 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by  section
    18  one  of this act, shall survive such repeal date. Provided, however, the
    19  printing on tickets required pursuant to sections  25.07  and  25.08  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6004                             2
     1  article  25  of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by this act,
     2  shall not apply to tickets printed prior to enactment of such article so
     3  long as notice of the higher maximum premium price  and  prohibition  of
     4  sales  within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical structure
     5  of  the  place  of  entertainment,  where  applicable,  is   prominently
     6  displayed at the point of sale and at such place of entertainment.
     7    §  2. Section 11 of chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, amending the arts
     8  and cultural affairs law relating to resale  of  tickets  to  places  of
     9  entertainment,  as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2016, is amended
    10  to read as follows:
    11    § 11. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  article  5  of  the  general
    12  construction  law, if this act shall take effect after May 15, 2010, the
    13  provisions of article 25 of the arts and cultural  affairs  law,  except
    14  section  25.11  are  hereby revived and shall continue in full force and
    15  effect as they existed on May 15, 2010 through  June  30,  [2017]  2018,
    16  when upon such date such provisions shall expire and be deemed repealed.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.