720 ILCS 5/26-3
§ 720 ILCS 5/26-3. Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising
(a)
Definitions:
(1)
"Facsimile machine" means a device which is capable of sending or receiving facsimiles of documents
through connection with a telecommunications network.
(2)
"Person" means an individual, public or private corporation, unit of government, partnership or
unincorporated association.
(b)
No person shall knowingly use a facsimile machine to send or cause to be sent to another person a
facsimile of a document containing unsolicited advertising or fund-raising material, except to a person which
the sender knows or under all of the circumstances reasonably believes has given the sender permission, either
on a case by case or continuing basis, for the sending of such material.
(c)
Sentence. Any person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined an amount
not to exceed $ 500
ILLINOIS SECURITIES LAW OF 1953
