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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 56.14A NEW ADVERTISING BEFORE 1 2 ELECTION – RESTRICTIONS. 1 3 A candidate or a candidate's committee shall not, within 1 4 the five-day period which immediately precedes the election in 1 5 which the candidate is seeking office, publish, distribute, or 1 6 cause to be published or distributed, published material 1 7 designed to promote or defeat the election of the candidate or 1 8 the candidate's opponent unless the material was previously 1 9 published or distributed during the period of time which 1 10 preceded that five-day period. For purposes of this 1 11 subsection, "published material" includes "published material" 1 12 as defined under section 56.14 and paid political 1 13 announcements broadcast through electronic media including, 1 14 but not limited to, radio, television, or computer networks. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill prohibits candidates or candidate's committees 1 17 from publishing certain forms of new political advertising 1 18 during the five-day period which immediately precedes the 1 19 election for office. The political advertising covered under 1 20 the new prohibition includes advertising in newspapers, 1 21 magazines, shoppers, on outdoor advertising facilities, 1 22 posters, direct mailings, brochures, or any other form of 1 23 printed general public political advertising, as well as paid 1 24 political announcements broadcast through electronic media. A 1 25 violation of the prohibition against new advertising is a 1 26 serious misdemeanor under Code section 56.16, punishable by a 1 27 fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500 and possible 1 28 imprisonment not to exceed one year. 1 29 LSB 2461SS 77 1 30 lh/jw/5
Text: SF00275 Text: SF00277 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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