102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2163

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Neil Anderson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/13-905 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no business end user may solicit any funds using telecommunications services from a residential end user that offsets the membership dues or costs of a labor organization that makes any claim to being affiliated with police, law enforcement, public safety, or first responders without disclosing that the purpose of the solicitation is in whole or in part to offset those membership dues or costs. Provides that this disclosure requirement shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a labor organization.


LRB102 14522 SPS 19875 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2163LRB102 14522 SPS 19875 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5Section 13-905 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/13-905 new)
7    Sec. 13-905. Public safety solicitation disclosure. No
8business end user may solicit any funds using
9telecommunications services from a residential end user that
10offsets the membership dues or costs of a labor organization
11that makes any claim to being affiliated with police, law
12enforcement, public safety, or first responders without
13disclosing that the purpose of the solicitation is in whole or
14in part to offset those membership dues or costs. This Section
15shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit
16organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a
17labor organization.