Sec. 26-3. Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising.
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Sec. 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)A person commits use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising when he or she knowingly uses 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 the 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.