Full Text of HB1969 94th General Assembly
HB1969ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Karen May
Filed: 4/18/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1969
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1969 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 9-9.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
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| Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications.
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| (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
Section does
not apply to items | 18 |
| that are too small to contain the required disclosure.
Nothing | 19 |
| in this subsection
Section shall require disclosure on any | 20 |
| telephone communication using random sampling or other | 21 |
| scientific survey methods to gauge public opinion for or | 22 |
| against any candidate or question of public policy.
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| Whenever any vendor or other person provides any of the | 24 |
| services listed in this subsection
Section , other than any |
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| telephone communication using random sampling or other | 2 |
| scientific survey methods to gauge public opinion for or | 3 |
| against any candidate or question of public policy, the vendor | 4 |
| or person shall keep and maintain records showing the name and | 5 |
| address of the person who purchased or requested the services | 6 |
| and the amount paid for the services. The records required by | 7 |
| this subsection
Section shall be kept for a period of one year | 8 |
| after the date upon which payment was received for the | 9 |
| services.
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| (b) Any political committee, organized under this Code, | 11 |
| that makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill, | 12 |
| Internet or telephone communication, radio, television, or | 13 |
| print advertisement, or other communication directed at voters | 14 |
| and (i) mentioning the name of a candidate in the next upcoming | 15 |
| election, without that candidate's permission, and (ii) | 16 |
| advocating for or against a public policy position shall ensure | 17 |
| that the name of the political committee paying for any part of | 18 |
| the communication, including, but not limited to, its | 19 |
| preparation and distribution, is identified clearly within the | 20 |
| communication. This subsection applies only when the | 21 |
| expenditure is made by or through a political committee of | 22 |
| either a State political party or a legislative political | 23 |
| caucus. Nothing in this subsection shall require disclosure on | 24 |
| any telephone communication using random sampling or other | 25 |
| scientific survey methods to gauge public opinion for or | 26 |
| against any candidate or question of public policy.
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| (c) A political committee organized under this Code shall | 28 |
| not make an expenditure for any unsolicited telephone call to | 29 |
| the line of a residential telephone customer in this State | 30 |
| using any method to block or otherwise circumvent that | 31 |
| customer's use of a caller identification service.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; | 33 |
| 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 |
| becoming law.".
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