Section 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) 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.Amended by P.A. 097-1108,§ 10-5, eff. 1/1/2013.