Bill Text: MI SB0579 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Crimes; other; regulations for owner, operator, or controller of ticket website's URL; provide for. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 465c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0578'19, SB 0580'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-10 - Referred To Committee On Economic And Small Business Development [SB0579 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0579-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 579
October 10, 2019, Introduced by Senator
MACGREGOR and referred to the Committee on Economic and Small Business
Development.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 465c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 465c. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person owning, operating, or controlling a ticket website for an event scheduled at a venue in this state shall not use an internet domain name or subdomain of the domain name in the ticket website's uniform resource locator (URL) that contains any of the following:
(a) The name of the venue.
(b) The name of the event, including the name of a person or entity scheduled to perform or appear at the event.
(c) A name substantially similar to those described in subdivision (a) or (b).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person owning, operating, or controlling a ticket website for an event scheduled in this state is acting on behalf of the venue, event, person, or entity scheduled to perform or appear at the event.
(3) A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 578.
(b) Senate Bill No. 580.
