PRINTER'S NO. 2840
No. 2011 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY J. WHITE, SOLOBAY, KENNEY, HORNAMAN, CAUSER,
SIPTROTH, PALLONE, CALTAGIRONE, MAHONEY, PYLE, K. SMITH,
HARHAI, W. KELLER, MELIO, GIBBONS AND LONGIETTI,
NOVEMBER 14, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 14, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 2, 1947 (P.L.143, No.62), entitled "An
2 act regulating the sale and resale for profit and the
3 carrying on of the business of selling or reselling tickets
4 or other devices for admission to places of amusement;
5 providing for the licensing of persons reselling such tickets
6 for profit; providing for the suspension and revocation of
7 such licenses; imposing duties on licensees and owners or
8 operators of places of amusement; imposing powers and duties
9 on the Department of Revenue, county treasurers, district
10 attorneys, and the receiver of taxes, and city solicitors in
11 cities of the first class; making disposition of moneys
12 collected and providing penalties," further providing for
13 definitions; and providing for ticket purchasing software.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of May 2, 1947 (P.L.143,
17 No.62), entitled "An act regulating the sale and resale for
18 profit and the carrying on of the business of selling or
19 reselling tickets or other devices for admission to places of
20 amusement; providing for the licensing of persons reselling such
21 tickets for profit; providing for the suspension and revocation
22 of such licenses; imposing duties on licensees and owners or
1 operators of places of amusement; imposing powers and duties on
2 the Department of Revenue, county treasurers, district
3 attorneys, and the receiver of taxes, and city solicitors in
4 cities of the first class; making disposition of moneys
5 collected and providing penalties," is amended by adding a
6 definition to read:
7 Section 1. Definitions.--
8 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
9 have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
10 * * *
11 (12) "Ticket purchasing software." Computer software used
12 to purchase multiple tickets in an automated fashion from an
13 Internet website which sells tickets to amusements or places of
14 amusement.
15 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
16 Section 12.1. Ticket Purchasing Software; Violation.--
17 It shall be unlawful for any person to use ticket purchasing
18 software in purchasing tickets from an Internet website selling
19 tickets to amusements or places of amusement.
20 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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