Sen. Bill Cunningham
Filed: 5/8/2015
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 735
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 735 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 8-1-2.10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/8-1-2.10 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 8-1-2.10. Use of municipal funds for advertisements. | ||||||
| 8 | No advertisement may be purchased using municipal funds that | ||||||
| 9 | would include the name of any person holding an elected office. | ||||||
| 10 | For purposes of this Section, "advertisement" means any type of | ||||||
| 11 | announcement that is purchased for promotional purposes for | ||||||
| 12 | print in a book, publication, brochure, sign, or digital media. | ||||||
| 13 | "Advertisement" does not include a community newsletter | ||||||
| 14 | providing information pertaining to the community that is | ||||||
| 15 | distributed to all residents and businesses within the | ||||||
| 16 | community, brochures or similar informational materials that | ||||||
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| 1 | announce or describe community events or activities such as | ||||||
| 2 | conservation or recreational programs or festivals or other | ||||||
| 3 | similar events. In addition, "advertisement" does not include a | ||||||
| 4 | welcome sign posted upon entering a community or a sign located | ||||||
| 5 | at a governmental facility. | ||||||
| 6 | A violation of this Section shall result in the violator | ||||||
| 7 | repaying the municipal funds used for the advertisement plus | ||||||
| 8 | $100. A second violation of this Section will result in the | ||||||
| 9 | violator repaying the municipal funds used for the | ||||||
| 10 | advertisement plus $250. A third and any subsequent violations | ||||||
| 11 | of this Section will result in the violator repaying the | ||||||
| 12 | municipal funds used for the advertisement plus $500.".
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