Bill Text: TX HB196 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the disclosure of fees charged for the sale of concert and other event tickets.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-20 - Filed [HB196 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB196-Introduced.html
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| By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 196 | |
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| relating to requiring the disclosure of 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 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 FEES. 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 fees | ||
| charged in connection with the sale of a ticket for the event. Fees | ||
| for event tickets made available for sale on a ticket website must | ||
| be posted on the website in a location easily accessible by ticket | ||
| purchasers or potential ticket purchasers. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
