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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="13-310.1" title_number="13" title_name="Consumer Protection Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Resale” means the second or subsequent sale of a ticket.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Resale” includes a sale by any means, including in person, by telephone, by mail, by e–mail, by facsimile, or through a website or other electronic means.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Reseller” means a person engaged in the resale of tickets.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Secondary ticket exchange” means an electronic marketplace that enables a person to sell, purchase, and resell tickets.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Speculative ticket” means a ticket that is not in the actual or constructive possession of a reseller at the time of sale, advertisement, or listing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Speculative ticket” includes a ticket sold by a reseller that, at the time of resale:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is not in the physical possession of the reseller;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is not owned by the reseller; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Is not under contract to be transferred to the reseller.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Ticket” means physical, electronic, or other evidence, that grants the possessor of the evidence license to enter a place of entertainment for one or more events at a specified date and time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Ticket issuer” means a person that, directly or indirectly, issues initial tickets for an entertainment event.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Ticket issuer” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A musician or musical group;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>An operator of a venue;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A sponsor or a promoter of an entertainment event;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A sports team participating in an entertainment event;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>A sports league whose teams are participating in an entertainment event;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>A theater company;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>A marketplace operated for consumers to make an initial purchase of tickets; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>An agent of any of the persons listed in items 1 through 7 of this subparagraph.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to secondary ticket exchanges, ticket issuers, and resellers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The listing for a ticket and each step of a transaction to purchase a ticket shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Clearly and conspicuously disclose the total price of the ticket, including all fees and taxes other than shipping costs that are not determinable at a step in the transaction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide an itemized listing of all charges that comprise the total price of the ticket, including all fees and taxes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Identify the seat number and zone or section of the ticket, to the extent applicable to the seat and venue.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The total price of a ticket under paragraph (2)(i) of this subsection may be increased in a noninitial step of a transaction by the amount of reasonable shipping costs for physically delivered tickets.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The shipping costs allowed under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may vary with the purchaser’s location relative to the shipment’s location of origin and the delivery method selected by the purchaser.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The total price of the ticket, including all fees, taxes, and shipping costs, shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed prior to final purchase of the ticket.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A reseller may not sell or offer to sell speculative tickets.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A secondary ticket exchange may not provide a marketplace for the sale or resale of a ticket that violates this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A ticket issuer, secondary ticket exchange, or reseller who directly engages in a sales transaction with a purchaser for the purchase of a ticket shall provide the purchaser with a full refund of the total amount paid, including the price of the ticket and any fees and taxes, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The ticket purchased is counterfeit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The event for which the ticket is purchased is canceled; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The ticket fails to conform to the description as advertised or represented to the purchaser by the seller.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
