ASSEMBLY, No. 2479

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 7, 1996

By Assemblymen KAVANAUGH and MALONE

An Act concerning the resale of tickets for admission to places of entertainment, amending and supplementing P.L.1983, c.135 and repealing section 8 thereof and P.L.1995, c.169.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1.    (New section) Any person licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-26 et seq.) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose his license number in his advertisements. For purposes of this section, "advertisement" means any attempt by a person licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-26 et seq.) directly or indirectly to induce the purchase of tickets, appearing in any newspaper, magazine, periodical, circular, sign or other written matter placed before the public, or in any radio or television broadcast or any other media, electronic or otherwise.

    2.    Section 9 of P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-34) is amended to read as follows:

    9.    No person shall sell, offer to sell, resell, offer to resell or purchase with the intent to resell any ticket, in or on any street, highway, driveway, sidewalk, parking area, or common area owned by a place of entertainment, or any other area adjacent to or in the vicinity of any place of entertainment as determined by the director; except that a person may resell, in an area which may be designated by the place of entertainment, any ticket or tickets originally purchased for his own personal or family use [at no greater than the lawful price permitted under this act].

(cf:P.L.1983, c.220, s.4)

    3.    Section 8 of P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-33) and P.L.1995, c.169 are repealed.

    4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill repeals section 8 of P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-33), and, thereby removes current statutory provisions that set forth maximum premiums that are permitted to be charged by ticket agents when selling or reselling tickets of admission to places of entertainment. The bill also repeals section 1 of P.L.1995, c.169, which established an 18-month period in which the resale price of each ticket subject to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-33) is not limited to the price charged therefor and printed on the face of the ticket.

    In addition, the bill provides that any person who is licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-26 et seq.) to engage in the business of reselling tickets for admission to places of entertainment shall clearly and conspicuously disclose his license number in his advertisements to resell tickets.

Eliminates current statutory requirement limiting prices charged by ticket brokers.