Bill Text: IL SB1344 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits a public service announcement on behalf of a State administered program that contains the proper name, image, or voice of a State executive branch constitutional officer or legislator from being displayed on a billboard or electronic message board. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0013 [SB1344 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1344-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 097-0013 | ||||
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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 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||
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 | ||||
material.
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(a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service | ||||
announcement or
advertisement that is on behalf of
any State | ||||
administered program and contains the
proper name, image, or | ||||
voice of any executive branch constitutional officer
or member | ||||
of the General Assembly shall be (i) broadcast or aired on | ||||
radio or
television , (ii)
or printed in a commercial newspaper | ||||
or a commercial magazine , or (iii) displayed on a billboard or | ||||
electronic message board at any
time.
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(b) The proper name or image of any executive branch | ||||
constitutional officer
or member of the General Assembly may | ||||
not appear on any (i)
bumper stickers,
(ii) commercial | ||||
billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
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stickers, and
(vi) other similar promotional items, that are | ||||
not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or | ||||
governmental and public service functions, if
designed,
paid |
for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This | ||
subsection does
not apply to stocks of items existing on the | ||
effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General | ||
Assembly.
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(c) This Section does not apply to
communications
funded | ||
through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of | ||
the
Election Code.
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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; | ||
93-685, eff. 7-8-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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