43-4B-29.1 (2019)

(a) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of Code Section 43-4B-28 and subsection (b) of Code Section 43-4B-30, no provision of this article or any other provision of law shall provide a criminal penalty for or prohibit the resale or offering for resale of a ticket or tickets to an athletic contest or entertainment event covered under this article by a ticket broker or a ticket broker’s employees, agents, and assigns in a zone or zones within the area where such resale or offering for resale is prohibited by such subsections, if such activity is authorized by the organizer of the contest or event and the owner or operator of the venue where such contest or event is being held or to be held.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of Code Section 43-4B-29 and subsection (b) of Code Section 43-4B-30, no provision of this article or any other provision of law shall provide a criminal penalty for or prohibit the resale or offering for resale of a ticket or tickets purchased by any person who is the original purchaser for personal use of such ticket or tickets to an athletic contest or entertainment event covered under this article in a zone or zones within the area where such resale or offering for resale is prohibited by such subsections, if such activity is authorized by the organizer of the contest or event and the owner or operator of the venue where such contest or event is being held or to be held.