§ 16-7. Required disclosures.
(a) On face of ticket.
Every ticket printed by or under authority of an operator or an operator’s authorized sales agent must prominently disclose on its face the box office price of that ticket.
(b) Advertising and listings.
If a printed advertisement or listing prepared by or for an operator or an operator’s authorized sales agent states the box office price of a ticket (or a range of tickets), and if the gross ticket price of the ticket (or range of tickets), as sold by the operator or the operator’s authorized sales agent, exceeds the stated box office price (or range of prices), the advertisement or listing must, in the same or larger font as that used for the stated box office price (or range of prices), include the following statement: “Additional Charges May Apply”.
(c) Itemization of charges and fees at point or time of sale.
(1) This subsection does not apply if the gross ticket cost of the ticket, as sold by either the operator or the operator’s authorized sales agent, does not exceed the box office price disclosed on the face of the ticket.
(2) Every operator and its authorized sales agent must prominently post at its box office, sales outlet, or other point of sale (including a website or other electronic medium), an itemized list of the following, as applicable to each entertainment venue and each entertainment event at that venue for which tickets are being sold:
(i) the box office price of the tickets; and
(ii) in the same or larger font as that used for the box office price:
(A) the type and amount of each State and City tax that is applicable to the transaction and that has not been determined by the operator on a “tax-included basis” as authorized by the State Tax-General Article, § 4-102(f);
(B) the type and amount of each service or other charge or fee imposed on the ticket by the operator and by the operator’s authorized sales agent, respectively; and
(C) the gross ticket cost of the ticket, as sold by the operator and as sold by the operator’s authorized sales agent, respectively.
(3) In addition:
(i) immediately before finalization of any sale by an operator or its authorized sales agent:
(A) the itemized list of costs described in paragraph (2) of this subsection must be disclosed to each potential purchaser; or
(B) if the purchase is being finalized by telephone, the itemized list of costs described in paragraph (2) of this subsection must be read to the purchaser in a clear and distinct manner; and
(ii) immediately after finalization of any sale by an operator or its authorized sales agent:
(A) the itemized list of costs described in paragraph (2) of this subsection must be given to each purchaser; or
(B) the ticket provided to the purchaser must prominently disclose on its face both the amount of the box office price of the ticket and, in the same or larger font size, the amount of the gross price of the ticket.
(Ord. 13-157.)
