Public Act 0473 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4984 Enrolled LRB104 15332 SPS 28486 b

Public Act 104-0473

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by adding Sections 0.5 and 1.6 as follows:

(815 ILCS 414/0.5 new)

Sec. 0.5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Reseller" or "ticket reseller" means a person engaged in the resale of tickets.

"Ticket" means a physical, electronic, or other form of a certificate, document, voucher, token, or other evidence indicating that a person has the right to be admitted to an event at a specific time for a specific seat or area.

"Ticket resale marketplace" means a person that operates a platform or exchange for the resale of tickets between third parties or between the ticket resale marketplace and a third party.

(815 ILCS 414/1.6 new)

Sec. 1.6. Prohibition on selling tickets not in the reseller's possession.

(a) A ticket reseller shall not sell or offer for sale a ticket that the ticket reseller does not own or have actual or constructive possession of at the time of listing or advertising for sale. If a ticket is sold on a ticket resale marketplace, the ticket resale marketplace shall ensure that the ticket reseller is compliant with this subsection.

(b) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to the Attorney General for the enforcement of this Section.

Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)

Sec. 2MMMM. Violations of the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Any person that violates Section 1.6 of the Ticket Sale and Resale Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.