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CRONIN-O'MALLEY-RADOGNO-LINK.

(BIGGINS-SAVIANO)

   225 ILCS 460/15           from Ch. 23, par. 5115                            
   225 ILCS 460/23                                                             

        Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act.  Provides  that  if  any      
   person,   in  conducting  a  fundraising  campaign  for  a  charitable      
   organization or for a charitable purpose, uses  written  materials  to      
   solicit  or  seek  a  contribution  from  the  public,  those  written      
   materials  must  contain  a  specific  statement.  Provides  that  the      
   statement  shall  not  be  required  if  fewer  than 500 pieces of the      
   material are used.  Provides that the  civil  penalty  for  using  the      
   statement  when the charitable organization is not properly registered      
   under  the  Act  is  $5,000.  Provides  that  the  Attorney  General's      
   Charitable Advisory Council may exist as long as the Attorney  General      
   deems it necessary.                                                         
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that if any person, in conducting a fundraising campaign      
   for a charitable organization or for a charitable purpose, solicits         
   or seeks a contribution from the public through the use of a tele-          
   phone for specified charitable organizations, the telephone call must       
   include a specific statement by the solicitor. Provides that a chari-       
   table organization, professional fundraiser, trustee, professional          
   fundraising consultant, or professional solicitor when making tele-         
   phone solicitations for a contribution to a charitable organization         
   may not place a block on its telephone numbers to keep the telephone        
   numbers from appearing on a recipient's caller ID.                          
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Provides that the required statement must be made only  when  the      
   caller  is paid to make the calls.  Provides that the court shall take      
   specified circumstances into consideration when fashioning relief.          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          225 ILCS 460/15                                                      
        Replaces  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.  Amends   the      
   Solicitation  for  Charity  Act.  Deletes  the  provision limiting the      
   existence of the Attorney General's Charitable Advisory Council  to  3      
   years. Effective immediately.                                               
   00-01-27  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   00-01-27  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   00-02-02  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   00-02-09  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   00-02-15  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              O'MALLEY              
   00-02-16  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY     S    
   00-02-16  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-02-16  S       DO PASS AS AMENDED                  011-000-000   SJUD    
   00-02-16  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  00-02-17              
   00-02-23  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   00-02-23  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN             
   00-02-23  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   00-02-23  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN             
   00-02-23  S                           RULES REFERS TO SJUD                  
   00-02-24  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN             
   00-02-24  S                                BE ADOPTED SJUD/008-000-000      
   00-02-24  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   00-02-24  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN             
   00-02-24  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-02-24  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  00-02-25              
   00-02-25  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              RADOGNO               
   00-02-25  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              LINK                  
   00-02-25  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   059-000-000           
   00-02-25  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   00-02-25  H  HOUSE SPONSOR                            BIGGINS               
   00-02-25  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   00-02-25  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   00-02-25  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 SAVIANO               
   00-03-01  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               STE GOV ADMIN         
   00-03-24  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-STE GOV ADMIN H    
   00-03-24  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-03-24  H  DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE             009-000-000   HSGA    
   00-03-24  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   00-04-04  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   00-04-04  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   00-04-05  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        118-000-000           
   00-04-05  S  SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE            01                    
   00-04-11  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   00-04-11  S    MOTION NON-CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01-CRONIN             
   00-04-11  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE  01/00-04-06           
   00-05-16  S  REFER TO RULES/PURSUANT SEN RULE 3-9 (B) RULES         SRUL    
   01-01-09  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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