(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FACSIMILE MACHINE means a device which is capable of sending or receiving facsimiles of documents through connection with a telecommunications network.
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 reasonable 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 division (B) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 26-3)