House Research Bill Summary

 

File Number: H.F. 189

Date: February 7, 2007

Version: First Engrossment

Status: Commerce and Labor Committee

Authors: DeLaForest

Subject: Ticket Scalping

Analyst: Jeffrey Diebel, 651-296-5041

 

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Repeals portions of the crime of ticket scalping. Minn.Stat. § 609.805. Currently, it is a misdemeanor for someone to "scalp" a ticket. A misdemeanor is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. Minn.Stat. § 609.03. The statute currently identifies the following acts as ticket scalping:

}         issuing or selling tickets that do not list the price and seat number ; (repealed)

}         charging admission to an event in excess of the price advertised or printed on tickets to the event;

}         selling or offering to sell a ticket to an event at a price greater than that charged at the place of admission or printed on the ticket ; (repealed)

}         selling a ticket in violation of transfer restrictions placed on the ticket by the issuing party; or

}         permitting the sale or exhibition for sale of a ticket to an event at a price greater than that printed thereon on or in the premises which the event is conducted . (repealed)

The bill repeals the offenses associated with bullet points one, three, and five.