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

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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-Introduced.html
  88R2289 MLH-D
 
  By: Guerra 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; PROHIBITED
  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 all taxes and fees charged in connection
  with the sale of a ticket for the event. The total price of event
  tickets made available for sale on a ticket website, including
  taxes and fees charged in connection with the sale, must be posted
  on the website in a location easily accessible by ticket purchasers
  or potential ticket purchasers.
         (b)  A person that sells or resells tickets for a concert or
  other event in this state, including the operator of a ticket
  website, may not charge fees in connection with the sale of a ticket
  that in total exceed 10 percent of the price of the ticket before
  applicable taxes and fees.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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