STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1538

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 776

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 776 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TICKET SALES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit ticket brokers from charging a fee when using a credit card to purchase a ticket without first disclosing to a consumer that a fee will be charged.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  The Office of Consumer Protection provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that disclosure is a basic tenet of consumer protection and consumers should be aware of any additional fees being charged prior to any transaction.  This measure will prohibit ticket brokers from charging a fee for the use of a credit card without first disclosing the fee.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure to require ticket brokers to refund any service fee the consumer has paid when the event for which the ticket was purchased is canceled.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 776, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 776, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair