HOUSE BILL No. 5724


     February 21, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Richner, Scranton, Drolet, Vander Roest, DeVuyst and Jansen and referred to the
Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 465 (MCL 750.465).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 465.  (1) The owner, lessee, operator, or manager of

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        each theatre, circus, athletic grounds used for an athletic game,

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        or place of public entertainment or amusement shall have printed

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        on each ticket issued for admission to, or for a seat of, the

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        theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or place of public entertain-

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        ment or amusement, in conspicuous type, the price of the ticket,

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        and the number on the seat when each seat is numbered.  The

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        owner, lessee, operator, or manager also shall print or endorse

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        on the ticket the charge in excess of the box office price at

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        which the ticket is sold if the ticket is purchased at a location

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        other than the box office where the event occurs and the


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        following statement:  "This ticket may be purchased at the box

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        office price without the surcharge by purchasing the ticket at

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        the box office where the event is scheduled to occur."

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              (2) A person owning, occupying, managing, or controlling a

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        building, room, park or enclosure for the sale of tickets for a

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        theatre, circus, athletic game, or place of public entertainment

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        or amusement, who asks, demands, or receives from a person for

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        the sale of the ticket to a theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or

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        place of public entertainment or amusement, a price in excess of

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        the general admission advertised or charged for the same privi-

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        lege, or a person, who by himself or herself or his or her agent

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        or employee, offers for sale upon a public place or thoroughfare,

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        a ticket to a theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or place of

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        public entertainment or amusement, for admission to, or for a

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        seat or other privilege in a theatre, circus, athletic grounds,

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        or place of public entertainment or amusement, at a price in

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        excess of that demanded or received from the general public for

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        the same privilege, or in excess of the advertised or printed

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        rate, shall be punished as provided in subsection (6), except if

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        the request, demand, or receipt is with the written permission of

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        the owner, lessee, operator, or manager of the theatre, circus,

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        athletic grounds, or place of public entertainment or amusement

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        where the event occurs.  If the owner, lessee, operator, or man-

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        ager permits, in writing, a charge in excess of the box office

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        price, the permission shall be limited to the sales of tickets at

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        locations other than the box office where the event occurs.





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             (3) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), a person

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        shall not establish an agency or suboffice for the sale of a seat

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        ticket of admission to a theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or

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        place of public entertainment or amusement at a price greater

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        than the sale of a seat ticket at the box office of the theatre,

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        circus, athletic grounds, place of public entertainment or amuse-

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        ment, or in excess of the advertised price of the seat ticket.

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             (4) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), the

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        owner, lessee, operator, or occupant of a building, room, enclo-

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        sure, or other place open to the public, who permits a person to

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        sell or exhibit for sale in the building, room, enclosure, or

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        other place open to the public, 1 or more tickets for a theatre,

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        circus, athletic grounds, or place of public entertainment or

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        amusement, for more than the price printed on the ticket, shall

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        be liable and guilty equally as the person.

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             (2)  (5)  If the owner, lessee, operator, or manager of a

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        circus, theatre, athletic grounds, or place of public entertain-

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        ment or amusement has sold a ticket or admission to a person,

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        under restrictive conditions and at a  less  LOWER rate than the

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        general admission charged, and whose name appears on the face of

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        the ticket or is registered in the office of the owner, lessee,

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        operator, or managers as the holder of the ticket and if it is

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        printed on the face of the ticket that the ticket is nontransfer-

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        able and sold only to the person whose name appears on the face

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        of the ticket or is registered, the holder of the ticket shall

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        not sell the ticket to another person.  , and a person selling

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        the ticket shall be punished as provided in subsection (6).



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             (3)  (6)  A person who violates this section is guilty of a

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        misdemeanor.




















































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