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92_HB0124
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 9-9.5.
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 changing
6 Section 9-9.5 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
8 Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosure on political literature and in
9 political phone calls.
10 (a) Any pamphlet, circular, handbill, advertisement, or
11 other political literature that supports or opposes any
12 public official, candidate for public office, or question of
13 public policy, or that would have the effect of supporting or
14 opposing any public official, candidate for public office, or
15 question of public policy, shall contain the name of the
16 individual or organization that authorized, caused to be
17 authorized, paid for, caused to be paid for, or distributed
18 the pamphlet, circular, handbill, advertisement, or other
19 political literature. If the individual or organization
20 includes an address, it must be an actual personal or
21 business address of the individual or business address of the
22 organization.
23 This subsection (a) Section does not apply to items, the
24 size of which is not sufficient to contain the required
25 disclosure.
26 (b) At the beginning of any phone call that supports or
27 opposes any public official, candidate for public office, or
28 question of public policy, or that would have the effect of
29 supporting or opposing any public official, candidate for
30 public office, or question of public policy, the caller or
31 recorded message must state the name of the individual or
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1 organization that authorized, caused to be authorized, paid
2 for, or caused to be paid for the phone call. If the
3 individual or organization includes an address, it must be an
4 actual personal or business address of the individual or
5 business address of the organization.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.