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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Internet domain name used by a website that sells |
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tickets to events. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code, |
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is amended by adding Chapter 327 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 327. INTERNET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAMES FOR TICKET SELLERS |
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Sec. 327.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Internet domain name" means a globally unique, |
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hierarchical reference to an Internet host or service that is: |
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(A) assigned through a centralized Internet |
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naming authority; and |
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(B) composed of a series of character strings |
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separated by periods with the right-most string specifying the top |
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of the hierarchy. |
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(2) "Ticket website" means an Internet website |
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advertising or offering the sale of tickets, or offering tickets |
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for resale, to an event in this state. |
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(3) "Venue" means an arena, stadium, theater, concert |
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hall, or other place used for events such as an exhibition or a |
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concert performance. |
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(4) "Website operator" means a person who owns, |
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operates, or controls a ticket website for an event scheduled at a |
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venue in this state. |
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Sec. 327.002. TICKET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME RESTRICTED. (a) |
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Except as provided by Subsection (b), a website operator may not |
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intentionally use an Internet domain name, or any subdomain of the |
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Internet domain name, in a ticket website's uniform resource |
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locator that contains any of the following: |
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(1) the name of the venue holding an event to which the |
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ticket website offers tickets for sale or resale; |
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(2) the name of an exhibition or performance or of |
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another event described by Subdivision (1), including the name of |
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an artist scheduled to perform at the venue; or |
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(3) any name substantially similar to those in |
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Subdivision (1) or (2). |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a website operator who |
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is authorized by the venue, a performing artist scheduled to |
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perform at the venue, or the event's organizer to act on the |
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venue's, artist's, or event's behalf. |
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Sec. 327.003. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of |
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this chapter is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 17, and is actionable under that subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |