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secretive collaboration
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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,
Environment,
includes
major
tax
and Agriculture
loopholes
for big industries
and the super rich,
Federal Relations
proposals to offshore U.S.
jobs and
gutand
minimum
Health
Human
wage,Services
and efforts to
weaken public health,
International Relations
safety, and environmental
protections.
Although
Public Safety
and many
Elections
of these
bills have become
law, until now, their origin
Tax and Fiscal Policy
has been largely unknown.
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and undermining democracy
across the nation.

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,
search at www.SourceWatch.org.

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work as “equals” in “unison” with politicians to write laws to govern your life. Big
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Business has “a VOICE and a VOTE,” according to newly exposed documents. DO YOU?

Model Legislation

Public Safety and Elections

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

Affidavit of Mailing Act

Model Legislation

Section 1. {Short Title} This act shall be known as the Affidavit of Mailing Act
Section 2. {Definitions}
Section 3. {Returned Check Notification} A merchant may notify a customer

about a dishonored check by regular mail, supported by an affidavit of service by
mailing to the address printed or written on the check or given by the drawer at the
time of issuance of the check or the last known address, notice deemed conclusive three
days following the date the affidavit is executed.

Section 4. {Repealer Clause}
Section 5. {Effective Date}
Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the States and Nation Policy Summit
December 14, 2002. Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors January, 2003.

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