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1 AN ACT concerning business.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by
5 adding Sections 0.5 and 1.6 as follows:
6 (815 ILCS 414/0.5 new)
7 Sec. 0.5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Reseller" or "ticket reseller" means a person engaged in
9 the resale of tickets.
10 "Ticket" means a physical, electronic, or other form of a
11 certificate, document, voucher, token, or other evidence
12 indicating that a person has the right to be admitted to an
13 event at a specific time for a specific seat or area.
14 "Ticket resale marketplace" means a person that operates a
15 platform or exchange for the resale of tickets between third
16 parties or between the ticket resale marketplace and a third
17 party.
18 (815 ILCS 414/1.6 new)
19 Sec. 1.6. Prohibition on selling tickets not in the
20 reseller's possession.
21 (a) A ticket reseller shall not sell or offer for sale a
22 ticket that the ticket reseller does not own or have actual or
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1 constructive possession of at the time of listing or
2 advertising for sale. If a ticket is sold on a ticket resale
3 marketplace, the ticket resale marketplace shall ensure that
4 the ticket reseller is compliant with this subsection.
5 (b) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful
6 practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
7 Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted
8 to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
9 Business Practices Act shall be available to the Attorney
10 General for the enforcement of this Section.
11 Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
12 Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:
13 (815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)
14 Sec. 2MMMM. Violations of the Ticket Sale and Resale Act.
15 Any person that violates Section 1.6 of the Ticket Sale and
16 Resale Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of
17 this Act.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.