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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-4B-29. Resale of tickets by original purchaser; charitable organizations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-4B-29. Resale of tickets by original purchaser; charitable organizations.

(a) No provision of this article or any other provision of law shall criminally prohibit any person who is the original purchaser for personal use of one or more tickets to an athletic contest or entertainment event covered under this article from reselling or offering for resale any of such tickets for any price, provided that such person does not sell or offer to sell such tickets within 2,700 feet of a venue which seats or admits 15,000 or more persons for such a contest or event or a public entrance to such a contest or event.

(b) Charitable organizations and their employees and volunteers shall not be subject to the provisions of this article when offering for sale any tickets of admission in a raffle, auction, or similar fundraising activity for the benefit of the organization’s charitable purposes.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-4B-29, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 752, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 43; Ga. L. 2005, p. 984, § 9/SB 224.