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Rep. Angelo Saviano
Filed: 4/8/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4791
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4791, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 375/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 157.31)
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| Sec. 1. Sale of tickets other than at box office |
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| prohibited; exceptions.
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| (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, |
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| owner, lessee,
manager, trustee, or any of their employees or |
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| agents, owning, conducting,
managing or operating any theater, |
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| circus, baseball park, place of public
entertainment or |
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| amusement where tickets of admission are sold for any such
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| places of amusement or public entertainment to sell or permit |
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| the sale,
barter or exchange of such admission tickets at any |
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| other place than in the
box office or on the premises of such |
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| theater, circus, baseball park, place
of public entertainment |
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| or amusement, but nothing herein prevents such
theater, circus, |
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| baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement
from |
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| placing any of its admission tickets for sale at any other |
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| place at
the same price such admission tickets are sold by such |
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| theater, circus,
baseball park or other place of public |
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| entertainment or amusement at its
box office or on the premises |
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| of such places, at the same advertised price
or printed rate |
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| thereof. |
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| (b) Any term or condition of the original sale of a ticket |
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| to any theater, circus, baseball park, or place of public |
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| entertainment or amusement where tickets of admission are sold |
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| that purports to limit the terms or conditions of resale of the |
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| ticket (including but not limited to the resale price of the |
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| ticket) is unenforceable, null, and void if the resale |
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| transaction is carried out by any of the means set forth in |
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| subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1.5 of this Act. |
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| This subsection shall not apply to a term or condition of the |
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| original sale of a ticket to any theater, circus, baseball |
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| park, or place of public entertainment or amusement where |
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| tickets of admission are sold that purports to limit the terms |
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| or conditions of resale of a ticket specifically designated as |
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| seating in a special section for a person with a physical |
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| disability. |
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| (c) An original ticket seller must post on a publicly |
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| available
Internet website the following information in |
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| connection with the
sale, allocation, or distribution of |
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| tickets to each event for
which the seller is the original |
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| seller as soon as possible in
conjunction with the original |
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| public sale: |
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| (1) the number of tickets offered for sale to the |
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| general
public at each price level; |
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| (2) the number of tickets allocated or distributed to |
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| the
original ticket seller or its agents at each price
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| level; |
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| (3) the number of tickets sold, allocated, or |
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| distributed
to fan clubs at each price level; |
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| (4) the number of tickets sold, allocated, or |
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| distributed
to the promoter or performer or their agents at |
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| each
price level; and |
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| (5) the identity of the recipients of any tickets sold,
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| allocated, or distributed to anyone not listed in
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| paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection (c).
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| (Source: P.A. 94-20, eff. 6-14-05.)".
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