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90_SB0129
10 ILCS 5/29-14.5 new
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits any person from
knowingly publishing or broadcasting campaign materials that
contain an altered or fraudulent picture. Provides that any
candidate or political committee that publishes or broadcasts
an altered or fraudulent picture shall be liable for the cost
of publishing or broadcasting a public acknowledgement that
the campaign materials were altered or fraudulent, and the
unaltered picture.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Section
2 29-14.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
6 Section 29-14.5 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/29-14.5 new)
8 Sec. 29-14.5. Publication of altered or fraudulent
9 pictures. No person shall knowingly publish or broadcast
10 campaign materials that contain an altered or fraudulent
11 picture. Candidates are responsible for the materials
12 published or broadcast by their political committees.
13 Any candidate or political committee that violates this
14 Section shall be liable for the cost of publishing or
15 broadcasting, in the same manner and degree as the original
16 publication or broadcast, a public acknowledgment that the
17 campaign materials were altered or fraudulent, and the
18 unaltered picture.