As Introduced                            1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                   S. B. No. 52  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


        SENATORS CARNES-GARDNER-OELSLAGER-MUMPER-DiDONATO          8            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To enact section 505.95 of the Revised Code to        12           

                permit a township to regulate, by license or       13           

                otherwise, the resale of tickets to theatrical,                 

                sporting, or other public amusements.              14           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        16           

      Section 1.  That section 505.95 of the Revised Code be       18           

enacted to read as follows:                                        19           

      Sec. 505.95.  (A)  A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY ADOPT A  21           

RESOLUTION TO REGULATE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE           22           

TOWNSHIP, BY LICENSE OR OTHERWISE, THE RESALE, BY PARTIES NOT      23           

ACTING AS AGENTS OF THOSE ISSUING THEM, OF TICKETS TO THEATRICAL   24           

OR SPORTING EVENTS OR TO OTHER PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.                  25           

      (B)  THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY ESTABLISH A FINE OF  27           

NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH SEPARATE VIOLATION OF   28           

ANY RESOLUTION ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.         29           

MONEYS ARISING FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE FINE SHALL BE DEPOSITED  30           

IN THE TOWNSHIP'S GENERAL FUND.                                    31           

      (C)  ANY PERSON ALLEGEDLY AGGRIEVED BY A VIOLATION OF A      33           

RESOLUTION ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION MAY SEEK     34           

INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACT  35           

OR PRACTICE THAT VIOLATES THAT RESOLUTION.                         36