THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, BELFANTI, CASORIO, D. COSTA, FRANKEL, HALUSKA, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MELIO, SEIP, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 12, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MARCH 12, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 2, 1947 (P.L.143, No.62), entitled "An

act regulating the sale and resale for profit and the

carrying on of the business of selling or reselling tickets

or other devices for admission to places of amusement;

providing for the licensing of persons reselling such tickets

for profit; providing for the suspension and revocation of

such licenses; imposing duties on licensees and owners or

operators of places of amusement; imposing powers and duties

on the Department of Revenue, county treasurers, district

attorneys, and the receiver of taxes, and city solicitors in

cities of the first class; making disposition of moneys

collected and providing penalties," providing for a

limitation on ticket service fees.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of May 2, 1947 (P.L.143, No.62), entitled

"An act regulating the sale and resale for profit and the

carrying on of the business of selling or reselling tickets or

other devices for admission to places of amusement; providing

for the licensing of persons reselling such tickets for profit;

providing for the suspension and revocation of such licenses;

imposing duties on licensees and owners or operators of places

of amusement; imposing powers and duties on the Department of

Revenue, county treasurers, district attorneys, and the receiver

of taxes, and city solicitors in cities of the first class;

making disposition of moneys collected and providing penalties,"

is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 12.1  Ticket Service Fees.--

It shall be unlawful for any person to charge a service fee

in excess of twelve dollars ($12.00) per ticket.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.