Prohibits the sale of tickets to theaters or places of amusement or entertainment where such tickets are available to the public at no charge; violations shall be punishable by $100 fine.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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464
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to
prohibiting the sale of certain tickets of admission to theatres, or
places of amusement or entertainment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a
2 new section 25.10 to read as follows:
3 § 25.10. Unlawful sale of certain tickets. No person, firm, corpo-
4 ration or not-for-profit organization shall sell, offer to sell or
5 solicit the sale of any ticket or other evidence of right of entry to a
6 theatre or any place of entertainment or amusement where such tickets
7 are available to the public at no charge. Any violation of this section
8 shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
10 the amendments to article 25 of title G of the arts and cultural affairs
11 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
12 article and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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