Bill Text: NY S06481 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment through May 14, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-14 - SIGNED CHAP.28 [S06481 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06481-Amended.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                        6481--A
           Cal. No. 277
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 15, 2012
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
         Government  Operations  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
         ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
         amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
         third reading
       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 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  relating  to  tickets  to
    4  places  of  entertainment, as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of 2011,
    5  is amended to read as follows:
    6    S 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 May 14, [2012] 2013 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.
                                                                  LBD14620-04-2
       S. 6481--A                          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    S  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 19 of the laws of 2011, is amended
   10  to read as follows:
   11    S 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 May 14, [2012] 2013, when
   16  upon such date such provisions shall expire and be deemed repealed.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.