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                                  4801

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 17, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Cultural  Affairs,
  Tourism, Parks and Recreation

AN  ACT  to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amending the arts and
  cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920  relating  to
  the  regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to tickets to
  places of entertainment; and to amend chapter 151 of the laws of 2010,
  amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to resale of tick-
  ets to places of entertainment, in relation to  extending  the  effec-
  tiveness of the provisions thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, amending  the
arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relat-
ing  to the regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to tick-
ets to places of entertainment, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws  of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided, chapter 61 of the laws of  2007  shall  not
take  effect  with  respect  to the issuance of licenses or certificates
under this article by the secretary of  state  or  department  of  state
until  January  1, 2008 and regulation under this article by the commis-
sioners of licenses of the political subdivisions  of  the  state  shall
continue  through  December 31, 2007, and shall remain in full force and
effect only until and including May 14, [2015] 2016 when such act  shall
be  repealed  and  when, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
provisions of article 25 of title G of the  arts  and  cultural  affairs
law,  repealed by such act, shall be reinstituted; provided further that
section 25.11 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by  section
one  of this act, shall survive such repeal date. Provided, however, the
printing on tickets required pursuant to sections  25.07  and  25.08  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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article  25  of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by this act,
shall not apply to tickets printed prior to enactment of such article so
long as notice of the higher maximum premium price  and  prohibition  of
sales  within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical structure
of  the  place  of  entertainment,  where  applicable,  is   prominently
displayed at the point of sale and at such place of entertainment.
  S  2. Section 11 of chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, amending the arts
and cultural affairs law relating to resale  of  tickets  to  places  of
entertainment,  as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
  S 11. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  article  5  of  the  general
construction  law, if this act shall take effect after May 15, 2010, the
provisions of article 25 of the arts and cultural  affairs  law,  except
section  25.11  are  hereby revived and shall continue in full force and
effect as they existed on May 15, 2010 through May 14, [2015] 2016, when
upon such date such provisions shall expire and be deemed repealed.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.