96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4160


 
Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













New Act






5 ILCS 430/5-20










    Creates the Local Official's Sign Act.  Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for the proper name of an elected officer of a unit of local government or school district to appear on a sign paid for with public funds.  Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.  Adds any type of sign to the prohibition against the proper name or image of an executive branch constitutional officer or General Assembly member from appearing on a commercial billboard designed, prepared, paid for, or distributed using public dollars.


















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HB4160

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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 1. This Act may be cited as the Local Official's 
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Sign Act.
 
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    Section 5. Name on sign prohibited.   The proper name of an 
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incumbent elected officer of a unit of local government or 
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school district may not appear on a sign paid for in whole or 
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in part with public funds.
 
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    Section 10. Violation.   Violation of this Act is a Class A 
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misdemeanor.
 
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    Section 95. 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.


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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 or other types of signs, (iii) lapel pins or 
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buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
stickers, and
(vi) other similar 
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promotional items, that are not in furtherance of the person's 
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official State duties or governmental and public service 
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functions, if
designed,
paid for, prepared, or distributed 
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using public dollars. This subsection does
not apply to stocks 
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of items existing on the effective date of this amendatory
Act 
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of the 93rd General Assembly.


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    (c) This Section does not apply to
communications
funded 
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through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of 
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the
Election Code.


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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 
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93-685, eff. 7-8-04.)