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Full Text of HB4604  95th General Assembly

HB4604 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4604

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/5-20

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits a public service announcement on behalf of a State administered program that contains the proper name, image, or voice of a State executive branch constitutional officer or legislator from being displayed on a billboard or electronic message board, used as part of a pre-recorded telephonic message, or otherwise used in any non-live message in any medium. Prohibits promotional items on behalf of a State administered program that contain the proper name or image of a State executive branch constitutional officer or legislator on any billboard (now, any commercial billboard) if designed, paid for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars and removes the exemption for items that are in furtherance of the person's official State duties or governmental and public service functions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
7     Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional
8 material.
9     (a) Beginning January 1, 2009 2004, no public service
10 announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any State
11 administered program and contains the proper name, image, or
12 voice of any executive branch constitutional officer or member
13 of the General Assembly shall, at any time, be (i) broadcast or
14 aired on radio or television, (ii) or printed in a commercial
15 newspaper or a commercial magazine, (iii) displayed on a
16 billboard or electronic message board, (iii) used as part of a
17 pre-recorded telephonic message, or (iv) otherwise used in any
18 non-live message in any medium at any time.
19     (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch
20 constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly may
21 not appear on any (i) bumper stickers, (ii) commercial
22 billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
23 stickers, and (vi) other similar promotional items, that are

 

 

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1 not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
2 governmental and public service functions, if designed, paid
3 for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This
4 subsection does not apply to stocks of items existing on the
5 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 93rd General
6 Assembly.
7     (c) This Section does not apply to communications funded
8 through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of
9 the Election Code.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03;
11 93-685, eff. 7-8-04.)