SENATE DOCKET, NO. 693        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 103

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John Hart, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the resale of tickets..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

John Hart, Jr.

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 693        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 103

By Mr. Hart, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 103) of John Hart, Jr. for legislation relative to the resale of tickets.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 135 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the resale of tickets..

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 185D of Chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:

No person, firm, corporation, trust, non-profit corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership, or any other business entity licensed under section one hundred and eighty-five A shall resell any ticket to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement at a price in excess of fifty percent of the price printed on the face of the ticket, despite any and all solely attributable service charges.