NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 9

SENATE BILL 49

 

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND TICKET SCALPING LAW TO INCLUDE MUSICAL CONCERTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-344 is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 14-344.  Sale of athletic contest and musical concert tickets in excess of printed price. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale any ticket of admission to any musical concert, baseball, basketball, football game or other athletic contest of any kind in excess of the sale price written or printed on such ticket or tickets. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than six months, or both."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of February, 1977.