City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0718

• File #: 16-0718
• Version: 0
• Name: Ticket Sales - Ticket Purchasing Software
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 7/18/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/1/2016
• Enactment #: 16-545
• Title: Ticket Sales - Ticket Purchasing Software For the purpose of prohibiting the use of ticket purchasing software to bypass controls or measures that limit the number of tickets that can be purchased for admission to an entertainment venue; prohibiting the resale of tickets obtained by using ticket purchasing software; prohibiting certain interests in or control of ticket purchasing software; defining various terms; imposing certain civil and criminal penalties; and generally relating to the use of ticket purchasing software for certain purposes.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Purchasing, Software, Ticket Sale

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2016	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
10/24/2016	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
10/20/2016	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
10/20/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
9/27/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
9/12/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
7/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
7/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
7/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Environmental Control Board
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Ticket Sales - Ticket Purchasing Software
For the purpose of prohibiting the use of ticket purchasing software to bypass controls or measures that limit the number of tickets that can be purchased for admission to an entertainment venue; prohibiting the resale of tickets obtained by using ticket purchasing software; prohibiting certain interests in or control of ticket purchasing software; defining various terms; imposing certain civil and criminal penalties; and generally relating to the use of ticket purchasing software for certain purposes.
body

By renaming
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Subtitle 16. Ticket Sales
to be
Subtitle 16. Ticket Sales - Charges by Operators and Agents
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By adding
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Sections 17-1 through 17- 12, to be under the new subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 17. Ticket Sales - Ticket Purchasing Software”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Sections 40-14(e)(.5) and 41-14(.5)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)


Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:


Baltimore City Code

Article 2. Consumer Protections

Subtitle 16. Ticket Sales - Charges by Operators and Agents
. . . .

Subtitle 17. Ticket Sales - Ticket Purchasing Software

Part 1. Definitions; General Provisions

§ 17-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Entertainment.

“Entertainment” includes any of the followin...