H. B. 2056
(By Delegate Givens)
[Introduced January 13, 1999; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article ten, chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-two, relating to crimes against public policy; making
the resale or transfer of, or an offer to resell or
transfer, an admission ticket to specified events for value
greater than the original sales price or face value of the
ticket a misdemeanor; and establishing a penalty upon
conviction.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-two, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
§61-10-32. Reselling or transferring, or offering to resell or transfer, certain admission tickets for value greater than their original sales price or face value; penalty.
Any person or entity reselling or transferring, or offering
to resell or transfer, a ticket or tickets to an athletic,
cultural or entertainment event in exchange for money, services,
goods or other property having a value greater than the original
sales price or face value of the ticket or tickets is guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined one
hundred dollars for each ticket resold, transferred or offered
for resale or transfer.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create the misdemeanor
offense of scalping admission tickets to athletic, cultural and
entertainment events.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.