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
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| 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 | ||
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| 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. | ||
