§ 750.465Sale of tickets for theatre, circus, athletic game, or place of public entertainment

or amusement; requirements; prohibitions; penalty.
 Sec. 465.
    (1) The owner, lessee, operator, or manager of each theatre, circus, athletic grounds used for
 an athletic game, or place of public entertainment or amusement shall have printed on each
 ticket issued for admission to, or for a seat of, the theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or place of
 public entertainment or amusement, in conspicuous type, the price of the ticket, and the
 number on the seat if the seats are numbered. The owner, lessee, operator, or manager also
 shall print or endorse on the ticket the charge in excess of the box office price at which the
 ticket is sold if the ticket is purchased at a location other than the box office where the event
 occurs and the following statement: "This ticket may be purchased at the box office price
 without the surcharge by purchasing the ticket at the box office where the event is scheduled
 to occur.".
    (2) A person shall not knowingly sell, give, transfer, use, distribute, or possess with the
 intent to distribute software that is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of


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 interfering with the ticket sale operations of any owner, lessee, operator, or manager of a
 theatre, circus, athletic grounds, or place of public entertainment or amusement over the
 internet by circumventing any measures or controls on the seller's website that are instituted to
 enforce event ticket purchasing limits or to maintain the integrity of online purchasing order
 rules.
    (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), 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 thereof in the ticket website's 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).
    (4) Subsection (3) 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.
    (5) A person shall not make available for sale a ticket that is not in his or her possession or
 control.
    (6) This section does not alter or affect the remedies available for unfair, unconscionable, or
 deceptive methods, acts, or practices related to the sale of tickets under the Michigan
 consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.901 to 445.922, or for untrue, deceptive, or
 misleading advertising of tickets under the Michigan shopping reform and modernization act,
 2011 PA 15, MCL 445.311 to 445.324.
    (7) If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstances is held
 invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be
 given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this
 act are severable.
    (8) 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 $1,000.00, or both.