Bill Text: IL SB2163 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no business end user may solicit any funds using telecommunications services from a residential end user that offsets the membership dues or costs of a labor organization that makes any claim to being affiliated with police, law enforcement, public safety, or first responders without disclosing that the purpose of the solicitation is in whole or in part to offset those membership dues or costs. Provides that this disclosure requirement shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a labor organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2163 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2163-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2163 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/13-905 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no business end user may solicit any funds using telecommunications services from a residential end user that offsets the membership dues or costs of a labor organization that makes any claim to being affiliated with police, law enforcement, public safety, or first responders without disclosing that the purpose of the solicitation is in whole or in part to offset those membership dues or costs. Provides that this disclosure requirement shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a labor organization.
LRB102 14522 SPS 19875 b
A BILL FOR
SB2163 LRB102 14522 SPS 19875 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 13-905 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/13-905 new)
Sec. 13-905. Public safety solicitation disclosure. No
business end user may solicit any funds using
telecommunications services from a residential end user that
offsets the membership dues or costs of a labor organization
that makes any claim to being affiliated with police, law
enforcement, public safety, or first responders without
disclosing that the purpose of the solicitation is in whole or
in part to offset those membership dues or costs. This Section
shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit
organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a
labor organization.