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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 9-9.5 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
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7 | Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a)
Any political committee, organized under the Election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Code, that
makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | handbill, Internet or telephone communication, radio, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | television,
or print advertisement,
or other communication | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | directed at voters and
mentioning the name of a candidate in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the next upcoming election shall ensure
that the name of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | political committee paying for any part of the
communication, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | including, but not limited to, its preparation and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | distribution,
is
identified clearly within the communication | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | as the payor. This subsection does
not apply to items that are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | too small to contain the required disclosure.
Nothing in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | subsection shall require disclosure on any telephone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | communication using random sampling or other scientific survey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | methods to gauge public opinion for or against any candidate or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | question of public policy.
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23 | Whenever any vendor or other person provides any of the |
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1 | services listed in this subsection, other than any telephone | ||||||
2 | communication using random sampling or other scientific survey | ||||||
3 | methods to gauge public opinion for or against any candidate or | ||||||
4 | question of public policy, the vendor or person shall keep and | ||||||
5 | maintain records showing the name and address of the person who | ||||||
6 | purchased or requested the services and the amount paid for the | ||||||
7 | services. The records required by this subsection shall be kept | ||||||
8 | for a period of one year after the date upon which payment was | ||||||
9 | received for the services.
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10 | (b) Any political committee, organized under this Code,
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11 | that makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill,
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12 | Internet or telephone communication, radio, television, or
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13 | print advertisement, or other communication directed at voters
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14 | and (i) mentioning the name of a candidate in the next upcoming
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15 | election, without that candidate's permission, or
(ii)
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16 | advocating for or against a public policy position shall ensure
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17 | that the name of the political committee paying for any part of
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18 | the communication, including, but not limited to, its
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19 | preparation and distribution, is identified clearly within the
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20 | communication. Nothing in this subsection shall require | ||||||
21 | disclosure on
any telephone communication using random | ||||||
22 | sampling or other
scientific survey methods to gauge public | ||||||
23 | opinion for or
against any candidate or question of public | ||||||
24 | policy. | ||||||
25 | (c) A political committee organized under this Code shall
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26 | not make an expenditure for any unsolicited telephone call to
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1 | the line of a residential telephone customer in this State
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2 | using any method to block or otherwise circumvent that
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3 | customer's use of a caller identification service.
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4 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if | ||||||
5 | a telephone communication (i) is directed at voters, (ii) | ||||||
6 | mentions by name a candidate at the next upcoming election or | ||||||
7 | advocates for or against a public policy position, and (iii) is | ||||||
8 | generated by an automatic dialing device or format, then the | ||||||
9 | name of each person or entity paying for any part of the | ||||||
10 | communication must be clearly identified at the conclusion of | ||||||
11 | the communication. A person or entity responsible for knowingly | ||||||
12 | generating a communication in violation of this subsection | ||||||
13 | commits a Class A misdemeanor for disregard of this Code as | ||||||
14 | provided in Section 29-12. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; | ||||||
16 | 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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