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Rep. George Scully Jr.
Filed: 4/26/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2072
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2072 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5-201.5 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/5-201.5 new)
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| Sec. 5-201.5. Full disclosure in advertising.
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, a "utility voice group" |
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| means any organization, corporation, or association that |
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| receives more than 50% of its annual funding directly from a |
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| utility or parent or sister company of a utility regulated |
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| under the Public Utilities Act, except that money received as a |
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| result of a legal settlement, foundation grant, or |
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| administrative decision or other judicial decision shall not be |
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| included in such calculation. |
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| (b) All advertising, including without limitation print |
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| and radio advertising, by a utility voice group through any |
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| medium relating to the positions, proposals, or conduct of the |
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| utility or parent or sister company funding more than 50% of |
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| the utility voice group must prominently include the name and |
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| address of that utility or parent or sister company, or both, |
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| providing the funding.
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| (c) Television, internet, or any other advertising medium |
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| using video must have a clear audio-visual statement that |
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| prominently includes the name and address of the utility or |
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| parent or sister company funding more than 50% of the utility |
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| voice group and must prominently include the name and address |
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| of that utility or parent or sister company, or both, providing |
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| the funding. The statement must:
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| (1) include an unobscured, full-screen view of a person |
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| making the statement or a voice-over accompanied by a |
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| clearly identifiable photographic or similar image of the |
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| person making the statement; and
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| (2) appear in writing at the end of the communication |
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| in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable degree of |
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| color contrast between the background and the printed |
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| statement for a period of at least 4 seconds.
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| (d) A utility voice group must disclose to the Commission |
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| on a semi-annual basis on a form prepared by the Commission a |
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| listing of all financial contributors. Each disclosure shall be |
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| posted on the Commission's web site within 48 hours of receipt |
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| and shall be available to the public.
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