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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 3248 (Introduced in House) — To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and pra... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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As used in this Act, the following definitions apply: The term ancillary charges means all fees that must be paid in order to secure a ticket from a primary ticket seller or secondary ticket marketplace, including service fees, convenience charges, parking fees, taxes and other charges. The term base price means the price charged for a ticket other than any ancillary charges. The term box office means a physical location where tickets are offered for primary sale. The term bundled series tickets means packages of tickets for multiple events that are part of the same entertainment series.
The term distribution method means the manner in which a primary ticket seller distributes tickets to a particular event, whether through primary sale, limited presale promotions, donations to charity, reservations of season ticket holders, or allocated to the primary ticket seller, team, artist, or venue. The term primary sale , with regards to a ticket, means the initial sale of a ticket that has not been sold previous to such sale, by a primary ticket seller to the general public on or after the advertised date of such sale.
The term primary ticket seller means an owner or operator of a venue or a sports team, a manager or provider of an event, or a provider of ticketing services (or an agent of such owner, operator, manager, or provider) that engages in the primary sale of tickets for an event or retains the authority to otherwise distribute tickets. The term purchaser means any person who purchases a ticket from a primary ticket seller or a secondary ticket sales marketplace. The terms resale or secondary sale , with regards to a ticket, mean any sale of a ticket that occurs after the primary sale of the ticket.
The term secondary ticket sales marketplace means a business, including a website, software application for a mobile device, any other digital platform, or portion thereof, of a physical seller whose primary purpose is to facilitate the resale of tickets to purchasers. The term ticket means a ticket of admission to a sporting event, theater, musical performance, or place of public amusement of any kind, including bundled series tickets.
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