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91_SB0940
SRS91S0002PMcb
1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Section
2 29-21.
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 29-21 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
8 Sec. 29-20. (a) No person, during the course of any
9 campaign for nomination or election to public office or
10 office of a political party, shall by means of campaign
11 material, including but not limited to a sample ballot, a
12 television or radio commercial, an advertisement in a
13 newspaper or periodical, a public speech or a press release,
14 purposely do any of the following:
15 (1) Use the title of an office not currently held by a
16 candidate in a manner that implies the candidate currently
17 holds that office, or use the term "re-elect" when the
18 candidate has never been elected at a primary, or a general
19 or special election, to the office for which he is a
20 candidate;
21 (2) Make a false statement concerning the formal
22 schooling or training completed or attempted by a candidate;
23 a degree, diploma, certificate, scholarship, grant, award,
24 prize or honor received, earned or held by a candidate; or
25 the period of time during which a candidate attended any
26 school, college, community technical school or institution;
27 (3) Make a false statement concerning the professional,
28 occupational or vocational licenses held by a candidate, or
29 concerning any position the candidate has held for which he
30 received a salary or wages;
31 (4) Falsely state that a candidate or public official
32 has been indicted or convicted of a theft offense, extortion
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1 or other crime involving financial corruption or moral
2 turpitude;
3 (5) Falsely state that a candidate has been indicted for
4 any crime without disclosing the outcome of any legal
5 proceedings resulting from the indictment;
6 (6) Falsely state that a candidate or official has a
7 record of treatment or confinement for mental disorder;
8 (7) Falsely state that a candidate or official has been
9 subjected to military discipline for criminal misconduct or
10 dishonorably discharged from the armed services;
11 (8) Falsely identify the source of a statement, issue
12 statements under the name of another person without
13 authorization, or falsely state the endorsement of or
14 opposition to a candidate by a person or publication;
15 (9) Make a false statement concerning the voting record
16 of a candidate or public official; or
17 (10) Post, publish, circulate or distribute a written or
18 printed false statement, either knowing the same to be false
19 or with reckless disregard of whether it is false or not,
20 concerning a candidate that is designed to promote the
21 election, nomination or defeat of the candidate.
22 (b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a petty
23 offense.