S. 281 — what changed
Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act
From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 2 sections amended between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.
Sec. 4 Disclosures
A ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange—
if offering an event ticket for resale, shall provide a clear and conspicuous statement, before a consumer purchases the event ticket from the ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange, that the issuer or exchange is engaged in the secondary sale of event tickets; and
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shall not state that the ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange is affiliated with or endorsed by a venue, team, or artist, as applicable, including by using words like “official” in promotional materials, social media promotions, or paid advertising, unless a partnership agreement has been executed or the issuer or exchange has the express written consent of the venue, team, or artist, as applicable.applicable.; and
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shall not include the name of the venue, including any misspellings of any such name, in a domain name, or any subdomain thereof, in the URL of the secondary market ticket issuer or secondary market ticket exchange unless authorized by the owner of the venue.
Sec. 8 Definitions
In this Act:
Artist— The term artist means any performer, musician, comedian, producer, ensemble or production entity of a theatrical production, sports team owner, or similar person.
Base event ticket price— The term base event ticket price means, with respect to an event ticket, the price of the event ticket excluding the cost of any event ticket fees.
Commission— The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
Event— The term event means any live concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, show, or similarly scheduled live activity, that is—
taking place in a venue with a seating or attendance capacity exceeding 200 persons;
open to the general public; and
promoted, advertised, or marketed in interstate commerce, or for which event tickets are generally sold or distributed in interstate commerce.
Event ticket; ticket issuer— The terms event ticket and ticket issuer have the meaning given those terms in the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–274).
Event ticket fee— The term event ticket fee—
means a charge for an event ticket that must be paid in addition to the base event ticket price in order to obtain an event ticket from a ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange, including any service fee, charge and order processing fee, delivery fee, facility charge fee, tax, and any other charge; and
does not include any charge or fee for an optional product or service associated with the event that may be selected by a purchaser of an event ticket.
Optional product or service— The term optional product or service means a product or service that an individual does not need to purchase to use or take possession of an event ticket.
Resale; secondary sale— The terms resale and secondary sale mean any sale of an event ticket that occurs after the initial sale of the event ticket by a ticket issuer.
Secondary market ticket exchange— The term secondary market ticket exchange means any person that in the regular course of trade or business of that person operates a platform or exchange for advertising, listing, or selling resale tickets, on behalf of itself, vendors, or a secondary market ticket issuer.
Secondary market ticket issuer— The term secondary market ticket issuer means any person, including a ticket issuer, that resells or makes a secondary sale of an event ticket to the general public in the regular course of the trade or business of the person.
Total event ticket price— The term total event ticket price means, with respect to an event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, including the base event ticket price and any event ticket fee.
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URL— The term URL means the uniform resource locator associated with an internet website.
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Venue— The term venue means a physical space at which an event takes place.