Regulations for half-price tickets approved.
The Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies finalized the voting on the bill that regulates half-price tickets for students, low-income youth, people with disabilities, and senior citizens at cinemas, theaters, sporting and cultural events; the text stipulates that half-price tickets will be limited to 40% of the total tickets available for each event; it now goes to the Senate.
Ivan Richard
Agency Brazil
Brasilia - The Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber today (24) finalized the voting on the bill that regulates half-price tickets for students, low-income youth, people with special needs and senior citizens in cinemas, theaters, sporting and cultural events. As it was being processed in a conclusive manner, if no requests are presented for voting by the plenary, the matter will go to the Senate.
The text stipulates that half-price tickets be limited to 40% of the total tickets available for each event. During the vote, the possibility of excluding senior citizens from the 40% half-price ticket quota was discussed. However, the limit was maintained in the report by Congressman Vicente Cândido (PT-SP).
According to Vicente Cândido, the elderly will not be harmed. "We are creating equality. The largest group of beneficiaries of the law are students. We must have more than 50 million students in Brazil. If 50 million are included within those 40%, the elderly, who number 24 million, [must also be included]. It's about doing justice," he argued.
According to the opinion approved today, the issuance of the Student Identification Card (CIE) will be the sole responsibility of the National Association of Postgraduate Students, the National Union of Students, and the Brazilian Union of Secondary School Students.
The document, valid for one year, will be in a single standardized national format, with digital certification attested by the National Institute of Information Technology (ITI).
Young people aged 15 to 29 from low-income families, registered in the Unified Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government, whose monthly family income is up to two minimum wages, will be entitled to half-price tickets.
According to the rapporteur, the regulation will make it possible to reduce ticket prices. "Artists are showing that it's viable because what gives cultural producers security is predictability. Before, it was impossible to know what the demand for half-price tickets would be. When in doubt, the price was set very high. Now it will be possible to issue 40% half-price tickets and the rest at the differentiated price. Legal certainty will guarantee this predictability," observed Vicente Cândido.
Edited by: Beto Coura