Ticket sellers: equitable ticket buying process: sale or use of circumventing software.

Existing law provides that a person who intentionally uses or sells software to circumvent a security control or measure on a ticket seller's Internet Web site that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law also provides that a violation of the laws regulating ticket sellers is a misdemeanor. This bill would instead make it unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell software to circumvent a security control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process, thereby removing the limitation that the software be used to circumvent a security control or measure on the ticket seller's Internet Web site. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandate local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.