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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 that 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 expressly advocate the nomination, election, or
1 8 defeat of the candidate or the candidate's opponent unless the
1 9 material was previously published or distributed during the
1 10 period of time which preceded that five-day period. For
1 11 purposes of this section, "published material" includes
1 12 "published material" as defined under section 56.14 and paid
1 13 political announcements broadcast through electronic media
1 14 including, but not limited to, radio, television, or computer
1 15 networks.
1 16 EXPLANATION
1 17 This bill prohibits candidates or candidate's committees
1 18 from publishing certain forms of new political advertising
1 19 during the five-day period that immediately precedes the
1 20 election for office. The political advertising covered under
1 21 the new prohibition includes advertising in newspapers,
1 22 magazines, shoppers, on outdoor advertising facilities,
1 23 posters, direct mailings, brochures, or any other form of
1 24 printed general public political advertising, as well as paid
1 25 political announcements broadcast through electronic media. A
1 26 violation of the prohibition against new advertising is a
1 27 serious misdemeanor under Code section 56.16, punishable by a
1 28 fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500 and possible
1 29 imprisonment not to exceed one year.
1 30 LSB 2672XS 79
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