1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; modifying the ticket scalping law;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2006, section 609.805, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.805, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Acts constituting. Whoever intentionally does any of the following is 
1.7 	guilty of a misdemeanor:
1.8 	(1) issues or sells tickets to an event without printing thereon in a conspicuous place 
1.9 	the price of the ticket and the seat number, if any; or
1.10 	(2) (1) charges for admission to an event a price greater than that advertised or 
1.11 	stated on tickets issued for the event; or
1.12 	(3) sells or offers to sell a ticket to an event at a price greater than that charged at the 
1.13 	place of admission or printed on the ticket; or
1.14 	(4) (2) having received a ticket to an event under conditions restricting its transfer, 
1.15 	sells it in violation of such conditions; or.
1.16 	(5) being in control of premises on or in which an event is conducted, permits the 
1.17 	sale or exhibition for sale on or in such premises of a ticket to the event at a price greater 
1.18 	than printed thereon.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to acts 
1.20 	committed on or after that date.