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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2995
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard - Peter J. Roskam - Cheryl Axley - Frank C. Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits the use of the name, image, or voice of State executive branch constitutional officer in a commercial solicitation on radio or television or in a commercial newspaper or commercial magazine. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2995 |
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LRB094 15949 JAM 51177 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
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| Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional |
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| material; commercial solicitations.
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| (a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service |
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| announcement or
advertisement that is on behalf of
any State |
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| administered program and contains the
proper name, image, or |
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| voice of any executive branch constitutional officer
or member |
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| of the General Assembly shall be broadcast or aired on radio or
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| television or printed in a commercial newspaper or a commercial |
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| magazine at any
time.
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| (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch |
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| constitutional officer
or member of the General Assembly may |
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| not appear on any (i)
bumper stickers,
(ii) commercial |
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| billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
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| stickers, and
(vi) other similar promotional items, that are |
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| not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or |
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| governmental and public service functions, if
designed,
paid |
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| for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This |
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| subsection does
not apply to stocks of items existing on the |
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| effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General |
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| Assembly.
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| (b-5) No commercial solicitation that contains the proper |
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| name, image, or voice of an executive branch constitutional |
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| officer shall be broadcast or aired on radio or television or |
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| printed in a commercial newspaper or a commercial magazine at |
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| any time.
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| (c) This Section does not apply to
communications
funded |