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Augusta Richmond GA
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ORDINANCE NO. 6467
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY CODE TO ENACT AUGUSTA-RICHMOND CeDE
SECTION 3-7-32 SO AS TO PROHIBIT TICKET BROKERS
FROM SELLING TICKETS WITHIN 2,700- FEET OF A
PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO THE MASTER GOLF
TOURNAMENT; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; TO
PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY; TO REPEAL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, O.C.G.A. ~ 43-4B-30 provides that with regard to any single athletic
contest or entertainment events which occurs no more often than once annually and occurs within
a time period not exceeding ten (10) days, local governments are authorized to enact by ordinance
regulations governing ticket brokers for such contests or event which are more restrictive than the
provisions of Article 3 of O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 4B; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission to enact
by Ordinance regulation governing ticket brokers for the Masters Golf Toumament;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF
SAME that a new Section to be known as Augusta-Richmond County Code Section 3-7-32 is hereby
enacted to provide as follows:
Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code, Section 3-7-32,' shall read as
follows:
~3-7-32. It shall be unlawful for any ticket broker and its employees,
agents, and assigns from reselling or offering for resale any ticket
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within 2,700 feet from the venue where the Masters Golf Tournament
is being held.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. Should any section, provision, or clause of any part of this Ordinance be
declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as applied to
any particular situation or set of circumstances be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such
invalidity shall not be construed to affect portions of this Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or the
application of this Ordinance to other circumstances not so held to be invalid. It is hereby declared
as the intent of this Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not been included
herein.
Duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission this' -2nd.- day of
April
,2002.
ATffiST:~
na Bo er, lerk
First Reading: March 19. 2002
Second Reading: 4-2-02
Published in the Augusta Chronicle April 11, 2002