24.2-958.2 - Requirements for radio advertisements sponsored by a political committee.
§ 24.2-958.2. Requirements for radio advertisements sponsored by a politicalcommittee.
It shall be unlawful for a political committee to sponsor an advertisementthat constitutes an expenditure or contribution required to be disclosedunder Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) unless the following requirements aresatisfied:
1. A radio advertisement supporting or opposing the nomination or election ofone or more clearly identified candidates (i) shall include a disclosurestatement, spoken by the chief executive officer or treasurer of thecommittee, containing at least the following words: "This ad was paid for(or "sponsored by' or "furnished by') [Name of political action committee]."(ii) The disclosure statement shall last at least two seconds and thestatement shall be spoken so that its contents may be easily understood.(iii) The placement of the oral disclosure statement shall also comply withthe requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 315 and 317.
2. In its oral disclosure statement, a political committee may choose toidentify an advertisement as either supporting or opposing the nomination orelection of one or more clearly identified candidates.
3. If the advertisement is jointly sponsored, the disclosure statement shallname all of the sponsors and the disclosing individual shall be one of thosesponsors.
(2002, c. 487, § 24.2-944; 2004, cc. 55, 457; 2005, c. 369; 2006, cc. 787,892.)