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720 ILCS 5/26-3

(720 ILCS 5/26-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-3)

Sec. 26-3. Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising.

(a) Definitions:

(1) "Facsimile machine" means a device which is

capable of sending or receiving facsimiles of documents through connection with a telecommunications network.

(2) "Person" means an individual, public or private

corporation, unit of government, partnership or unincorporated association.

(b) A person commits use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising when he or she knowingly uses a facsimile machine to send or cause
to be sent to another person a facsimile of a document containing
unsolicited advertising or fund-raising material, except to
a person which the sender knows or under all of the circumstances
reasonably believes has given the sender permission, either on a case by
case or continuing basis, for the sending of the material.

(c) Sentence.  Any person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a petty
offense and shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)