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A RESOLUTION
20-748
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
December 17, 2014
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to regulate the sale of tickets from public space.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Ticket Sale Regulation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.
Sec. 2.(a) The Vending Regulation Act of 2009, effective October 22, 2009 (D.C. Law 18-71; D.C. Official Code § 37-131.08), and subsequent amendments do not address the sale of tickets from public space, or ticket scalping.
(b) The Vending Regulations Temporary Amendment Act of 2014, effective May 15, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-103; 61 DCR 5675), addresses this issue; however, it is set to expire on December 24, 2014.
(c) To continue to impose penalties for the sale of tickets from public space, it is necessary to move emergency legislation until permanent legislation can be addressed during the new Council period.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Ticket Sale Regulation Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
