Bill Text: TX HB1497 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to requiring the disclosure of taxes and fees charged for the sale of concert and other event tickets.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1497 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1497-Comm_Sub.html
  88R23204 MLH-D
 
  By: Guerra, Longoria, Bernal, Allison, H.B. No. 1497
      Stucky, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1497:
 
  By:  Cole C.S.H.B. No. 1497
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the disclosure of taxes and fees charged for
  the sale of concert and other event tickets.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 205. DISCLOSURE OF TAXES AND FEES FOR EVENT TICKETS
         Sec. 205.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Event" means a concert, theatrical performance,
  sporting event, exhibition, show, or similar scheduled activity
  that:
                     (A)  is open to the public;
                     (B)  is held in a public or private venue; and
                     (C)  requires payment of an admission fee to
  attend the activity.
               (2)  "Ticket website" means an Internet website or
  mobile application advertising or offering the sale of tickets, or
  offering tickets for resale, to an event in this state.
               (3)  "Venue" means an arena, stadium, theater, concert
  hall, or other place used for events.
         Sec. 205.002.  DISCLOSURE OF TAXES AND FEES. (a) A person
  that sells or resells tickets for a concert or other event in this
  state, including the operator of a ticket website, must disclose in
  a clear and conspicuous manner to a potential ticket purchaser
  before the purchaser selects the ticket for purchase:
               (1)  the total cost of the ticket purchase, including:
                     (A)  all taxes and fees charged in connection with
  the sale of a ticket for the event; and
                     (B)  a disclosure of who ultimately receives money
  from each tax or fee; and
               (2)  the portion of the total cost, stated in dollars
  and as a percentage, of the ticket purchase that is represented by
  taxes and fees.
         (b)  The total price of event tickets made available for sale
  on a ticket website, including taxes and fees charged in connection
  with the sale and the disclosure of who ultimately receives money
  from a tax or fee, must be posted on the website in a location easily
  accessible by a ticket purchaser or potential ticket purchaser
  before the ticket purchaser or potential ticket purchaser selects a
  ticket for purchase.
         (c)  A print or electronic advertisement for a ticket for an
  event in this state must:
               (1)  include the total cost of the ticket, including
  all taxes and fees charged in connection with the sale of the
  ticket; and
               (2)  display any taxes and fees charged in the same size
  and with equal prominence as the cost of the ticket, excluding any
  taxes or fees charged.
         Sec. 205.003.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter may
  not be construed to nullify, expand, or otherwise affect any other
  law relating to the sale of a ticket for an event.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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