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“ALEC”
NEWShas long been a
secretive collaboration
between
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Business and
Model
“conservative” politicians.
Civil Justice
Behind closed doors, they
ghostwrite
“model”
bills to
Commerce,
Insurance,
and Economic
be introduced
in state
Development
capitols
across the country.
This agenda--underwritten
Education
by global corporations-Energy,
includes
majorEnvironment,
tax
and Agriculture
loopholes
for big industries
and the super rich,
Federal Relations
proposals to offshore U.S.
jobs and
gut and
minimum
Health
Human
wage,Services
and efforts to
weaken public health,
International Relations
safety, and environmental
protections.
Public Although
Safety andmany
Elections
of these
bills have become
law, until now, their origin
Tax and Fiscal Policy
has been largely unknown.
With ALEC
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work as “equals” in “unison” with politicians to write laws to govern your life. Big
MODEL LEGISLATION
TASK FORCES
ALEC INITIATIVES
PUBLICATIONS
Business has “a VOICE and a VOTE,” according to newly exposed documents. DO YOU?

Model Legislation

Public Safety and Elections

Bogus Receipts and Universal Product Codes Act

Did you know the
NRA--the National
Rifle Association-was the corporate
co-chair in 2011?

Model Legislation
An Act relating to acts constituting making certain use of retail sales receipts or
Universal Product Code Labels an unlawful act; providing penalty; and providing an
effective date.

Section 1.
(All definitions used in this Model Bill may be changed to conform to state laws or
regulations.)
A. A person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters,
transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits, or reproduces a retail sales receipt or a Universal
Product Code Label, commits a felony [lowest degree], and shall be punishable by
[penalty] and by a fine not exceeding three times the value represented by the original
retail cost of the item.
B. A person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses fifteen (15) or
more fraudulent retail sales receipts, Universal Product Code Labels or possesses the
device which purpose is to manufacture fraudulent retail sales receipts or Universal
Product Code Labels, will be guilty of felony [one degree higher].

Section 2.
This Act shall become effective [date].

Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the Annual Meeting July 27, 2000.
Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors August, 2000.

ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
For more on these corporations,
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