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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1670
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1670 on page 3, by
3 inserting between lines 27 and 28 the following:
4 "(c-15) No person, when soliciting financial
5 contributions or selling or delivering or offering to sell or
6 deliver any merchandise, goods, or services, may knowingly
7 claim or represent that he or she is representing or acting
8 on behalf of any nongovernmental organization by any name
9 which includes, but is not limited to, the term "fireman", or
10 "fire fighter" which would reasonably be understood to imply
11 that the organization is composed of fire fighter personnel
12 unless the person is actually representing or acting on
13 behalf of the nongovernmental organization and either of the
14 following conditions is met:
15 (i) The nongovernmental organization represents a
16 group or association of active duty fire fighters,
17 retired fire fighters, or injured fire fighters (for
18 purposes of this Section, "fire fighter" has the meaning
19 ascribed to that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Fire
20 Protection Training Act) and the majority of the net
21 proceeds of the contributions, sales, or deliveries are
22 devoted to the purposes of the organization; or
23 (ii) Before commencing the solicitations or the
24 sales or deliveries of or the offers to sell or deliver
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1 any merchandise, goods, or services, the nongovernmental
2 organization enters into a written contract with a chief
3 of a fire department, a fire department, or, a unit of
4 local government, or a group or association of active
5 duty fire fighters, retired fire fighters, or injured
6 fire fighters (for purposes of this Section, "fire
7 fighter" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
8 2 of the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act) and the
9 contract contains a requirement that the majority of the
10 net proceeds of the contributions, sales, or deliveries
11 shall be devoted to the purposes or benefit of the fire
12 department, unit of local government, or group or
13 association of active duty fire fighters.
14 (c-20) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
15 limit law enforcement officers or fire department personnel
16 from soliciting financial contributions for charitable
17 purposes not related to public safety."; and
18 on page 4, line 3, by changing "or (c-10)" to ", (c-10), or
19 (c-15)".