S 10640

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                                   10640
                             I N  S E N A T E
                               June 1, 2026
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 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 AN ACT to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending  the  arts  and
   cultural  affairs  law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to
   regulation of boxing and wrestling  matches  relating  to  tickets  to
   places  of entertainment, and chapter 151 of the laws of 2010 amending
   the arts and cultural affairs law relating to  resale  of  tickets  to
   places  of  entertainment,  in relation to extending the effectiveness
   thereof
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section  1.  Section 4 of chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending the
 arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relat-
 ing to the regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to  tick-
 ets to places of entertainment, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of
 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law, provided, chapter 61 of the laws of  2007  shall  not
 take  effect  with  respect  to the issuance of licenses or certificates
 under this article by the secretary of  state  or  department  of  state
 until  January  1, 2008 and regulation under this article by the commis-
 sioners of licenses of the political subdivisions  of  the  state  shall
 continue  through  December 31, 2007, and shall remain in full force and
 effect only until and including June 30, [2026] 2027 when such act shall
 be repealed and when, notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the
 provisions  of  article  25  of title G of the arts and cultural affairs
 law, repealed by such act, shall be reinstituted; provided further  that
 section  25.11 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by section
 one of this act, shall survive such repeal date. Provided, however,  the
 printing  on  tickets  required  pursuant to sections 25.07 and 25.08 of
 article 25 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by  this  act,
 shall not apply to tickets printed prior to enactment of such article so
 long  as  notice  of the higher maximum premium price and prohibition of
 sales within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical  structure
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 of   the  place  of  entertainment,  where  applicable,  is  prominently
 displayed at the point of sale and at such place of entertainment.
   §  2. Section 11 of chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, amending the arts
 and cultural affairs law relating to resale  of  tickets  to  places  of
 entertainment, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 2025, is amended
 to read as follows:
   §  11.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  article 5 of the general
 construction law, if this act shall take effect after May 15, 2010,  the
 provisions  of  article  25 of the arts and cultural affairs law, except
 section 25.11 are hereby revived and shall continue in  full  force  and
 effect as they existed on May 15, 2010 through June 30, [2026] 2027 when
 upon such date such provisions shall expire and be deemed repealed.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.