Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1168
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11 The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Baker)
12 recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 page 4, line 27, delete those lines
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18 and insert: themselves violates ss. 501.201-501.213, the
19 Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. A person or firm is
20 not liable under this section with respect to tickets for
21 which that person or firm is the original ticket seller or for
22 which that person or firm provides contracted services for
23 such original ticket seller in connection with such sales.
24 Section 2. Section 817.36, Florida Statutes, is
25 amended to read:
26 817.36 Resale of tickets of common carriers, places of
27 amusement, etc.--
28 (1)(a) Whoever shall offer for sale or sell any ticket
29 good for passage or accommodations on any common carrier in
30 this state and request or receive a price in excess of $1
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1 of said ticket shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second
2 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
3 (b) The provisions of this subsection shall This
4 section may not apply to travel agencies that have an
5 established place of business in this state, which place of
6 business is required to pay state, county, and city
7 occupational license taxes.
8 (2)(a) Whoever shall offer for sale or sell any ticket
9 good for admission to any sporting exhibition, athletic
10 contest, theater, or any exhibition where an admission price
11 is charged and request or receive a price in excess of $1
12 above the retail admission price charged therefor by the
13 original seller of said ticket shall be guilty of a
14 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
15 775.082 or s. 775.083.
16 (b) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to
17 travel agencies that have an established place of business in
18 this state, which place of business is required to pay state,
19 county, and city occupational license taxes, unless such
20 agencies are registered sellers of travel pursuant to part XI
21 of chapter 559 and adhere to the restriction of selling said
22 tickets as part of the travel packages specified in that part,
23 and such travel agencies are reselling said tickets on behalf
24 of the original sellers of said tickets. When any original
25 seller of tickets provides a travel agency with tickets in
26 bulk, the travel agent shall be deemed to be reselling the
27 tickets on behalf of the original seller.
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1168
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 On page 1, lines 1-20, delete those lines
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6 A bill to be entitled
7 An act relating to resale of tickets; creating
8 s. 817.357, F.S.; providing that purchasing
9 tickets in excess of the maximum number allowed
10 with the intent to resell those tickets is a
11 violation of the Deceptive and Unfair Trade
12 Practice Act; amending s. 817.36, F.S.;
13 deleting the prohibition on the resale of
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