82.04.214 - "Newspaper."

"Newspaper."

(1)(a) Until June 30, 2011, "newspaper" means:

     (i) A publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper; and

     (ii) An electronic version of a printed newspaper that:

     (A) Shares content with the printed newspaper; and

     (B) Is prominently identified by the same name as the printed newspaper or otherwise conspicuously indicates that it is a complement to the printed newspaper.

     (b) For purposes of this section, "supplement" means a printed publication, including a magazine or advertising section, that is:

     (i) Labeled and identified as part of the printed newspaper; and

     (ii) Circulated or distributed:

     (A) As an insert or attachment to the printed newspaper; or

     (B) Separate and apart from the printed newspaper so long as the distribution is within the general circulation area of the newspaper.

     (2) Beginning July 1, 2011, "newspaper" means a publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper as defined in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

[2008 c 273 § 1; 1994 c 22 § 1; 1993 sp.s. c 25 § 304.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2008 c 273: "This act takes effect July 1, 2008." [2008 c 273 § 2.]

Retroactive application -- 1994 c 22: "This act shall apply retroactively to July 1, 1993." [1994 c 22 § 2.]

Severability -- Effective dates--Part headings, captions not law--1993 sp.s. c 25: See notes following RCW 82.04.230.