5 ILCS 430/5-20

Current through Public Act 103-1056
Section 5 ILCS 430/5-20 - Public service announcements; other promotional material
(a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any State administered program and contains the proper name, image, or voice of any executive branch constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly shall be (i) broadcast or aired on radio or television, (ii) printed in a commercial newspaper or a commercial magazine, or (iii) displayed on a billboard or electronic message board at any time.
(b) The proper name or image of any executive branch constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly may not appear on any (i) bumper stickers, (ii) commercial billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v) stickers, and (vi) other similar promotional items, that are not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or governmental and public service functions, if designed, paid for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This subsection does not apply to stocks of items existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
(c) This Section does not apply to communications funded through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of the Election Code.

5 ILCS 430/5-20

Amended by P.A. 097-0013,§ 5, eff. 6/16/2011.
Amended by P.A. 093-0685, § 5, eff. 7/8/2004.
Amended by P.A. 093-0617, § 5, eff. 12/9/2003.
Added by P.A. 093-0615, § 5-20, eff. 11/19/2003.