CT SB00433

Prohibits knowingly selling counterfeit or nonuseable tickets to entertainment events via the Internet.

Requires ticketing sales systems to offer purchasers an option to buy transferrable tickets without additional fees, or provide alternative formats like paper or e-tickets at no extra cost.

Permits paperless ticketing systems if purchasers are given the option to buy the same tickets in a transferrable form at initial sale.

Prohibits denying admission to entertainment event venues based solely on a ticket being resold.

Requires written secondary market disclosure information to be provided to potential ticket purchasers when applicable; violations constitute unfair or deceptive trade practices.

Exempts student tickets from public institutions of higher education and concert or theater venues with seating capacity of 3,500 or fewer persons that provide written notice to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

Effective July 1, 2018.