SB2163 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 13-905 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/13-905 new)

Sec. 13-905. Public safety solicitation disclosure. 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. This Section shall not apply to solicitations solely for a nonprofit organization that is not spending money for or on behalf of a labor organization.