Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 24-2057

• File #: 24-2057
• Version: 1
• Name: Ethics Ordinance Amendment -- Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/12/2024
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 3/14/2024
• Final action: 4/18/2024
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO ETHICS ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 2 Code of Ethical Conduct, Section 2-586 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2-586. Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials.] (a) Election Period Prohibitions (1) Except as provided by subsection (b), Sixty days prior to a general, primary, or special election and ending the day after such election in which an elected official is a candidate, County funds and or resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, mail, transmit, or pay for the printing, mailing, or transmission of any newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name of the elected County official during the period of time design, print, and/or distribute:: a. Print newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name or image of the elected County official...
• Sponsors: BRIDGET DEGNEN, KEVIN B. MORRISON, DONNA MILLER, DENNIS DEER, JOSINA MORITA, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, FRANK J. AGUILAR, TARA S. STAMPS, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BILL LOWRY, SEAN M. MORRISON, MAGGIE TREVOR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
4/18/2024	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
4/17/2024	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
3/14/2024	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AMENDMENT TO ETHICS ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 2 Code of Ethical Conduct, Section 2-586 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 2-586. Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials.]

(a) Election Period Prohibitions

(1) Except as provided by subsection (b), Sixty days prior to a general, primary, or special election and ending the day after such election in which an elected official is a candidate, County funds and or resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, mail, transmit, or pay for the printing, mailing, or transmission of any newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name of the elected County official during the period of time design, print, and/or distribute::

a. Print newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name or image of the elected County official who is a candidate in an election; or

b. Public service announcements or advertisements that are on behalf of a County administered program and contains the proper name, image, or voice of an elected County official who is a candidate in an election that is broadcast or aired on radio or television or printed in a commercial newspaper or commercial magazine.

(1) Sixty days prior to a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election; and

(2) Sixty days prior to a general election and ending the day after such general election.

(2) (b) Exceptions. The prohibitions in sSubsection (a1) of this section shall not apply to:

a. (1)Responses to unsolicited inquiries from constituents and other interested parties; or

b. (2)Informational brochures that are solely related to and accompany any mailing of a property tax bill, notice of property tax assessment, or notice of voter registration or polling place information, or to a brochure mailed ...