(10 ILCS 5/9-28.5)
Sec. 9-28.5. Injunctive relief for electioneering communications. (a) Whenever the Attorney General, or a State's Attorney with jurisdiction over any portion of the relevant electorate, believes that any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, is making, producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting an electioneering communication paid for by any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, who has not first complied with the registration and disclosure requirements of this Article, he or she may bring an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois or, in the case of a State's Attorney, the People of the County, against such person or persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction the making, producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting of such electioneering communication until the registration and disclosure requirements have been met. (b) Any political committee that believes any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, is making, producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting an electioneering communication paid for by any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, who has not first complied with the registration and disclosure requirements of this Article may bring an action in the circuit court against such person or persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction the making, producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting of such electioneering communication until the registration and disclosure requirements have been met. (c) Whenever the Attorney General, or a State's Attorney with jurisdiction
over any portion of the relevant electorate, believes that any person, as
defined in Section 9-1.6, is engaging in independent expenditures,
as defined in this Article, who has not first complied with the registration
and disclosure requirements of this Article, he or she may bring an action
in the name of the People of the State of Illinois or, in the case of a
State's Attorney, the People of the County, against such person or persons
to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction the making of such expenditures
until the registration and disclosure requirements have been met. (d) Any political committee that believes any person, as defined in
Section 9-1.6, is engaging in independent expenditures, as defined in
this Article, who has not first complied with the registration and disclosure
requirements of this Article may bring an action in the circuit court against
such person or persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction
the making of independent expenditures until the registration and disclosure
requirements have been met.
(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) |