A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that admission tickets for athletic events and certain other amusements may be resold via the internet in excess of the printed price in certain circumstances.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Article 44 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑344.1.  Internet sale of admission tickets in excess of printed price.
Notwithstanding G.S. 14‑344, nothing shall prohibit the resale or offering for resale via the Internet of an admission ticket, at any price, to an athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus, or other amusement. Any admission ticket to the event may be resold or offered for resale through any Web site if the Web site's operator guarantees a full refund of the amount paid for the ticket under each of the following conditions:
(1)	The ticketed event is cancelled.
(2)	The purchaser is denied admission to the ticketed event, unless the denial is due to the action or omission of the purchaser.
(3)	The ticket is not delivered to the purchaser in the manner described on the Web site or pursuant to the delivery guarantee made by the reseller, and the failure results in the purchaser's inability to attend the ticketed event."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007.