                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS SPONSORED BY A POLITICAL COMMITTEE
(§ 24.2-957.2)

It shall be unlawful for a political committee to sponsor a television
advertisement that constitutes an expenditure or contribution required to be
disclosed under Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) unless the following
requirements are met:

1. It bears the legend or includes the statement: &#8220;Paid for by
_______________ [Name of political committee].&#8221;

2. A television advertisement supporting or opposing the nomination or election
of one or more clearly identified candidates (i) shall include a disclosure
statement, spoken by the chief executive officer or treasurer of the political
committee, containing at least the following words: &#8220;The [Name of
political committee] sponsored this ad.&#8221;

3. If an advertisement is jointly sponsored, the disclosure statement shall
include the names of all the sponsors and the disclosing individual shall be one
of those sponsors.

4. The disclosure shall be made by visual legend, which shall constitute 20 scan
lines in size.

5. The content of these visual legends is specified by the Communications Act of
1934, 47 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA7; 315 and 317 and this section.

6. The political committee may provide the oral disclosure statement required by
this section at the same time as the visual disclosure required under the
Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA7; 315 and 317, is shown.

7. The advertisement shall include throughout the disclosure statement an
unobscured, full-screen picture containing the disclosing individual, either in
photographic form or through the actual appearance of the disclosing individual
on camera.

8. A political committee may place the disclosure statement required by this
section at any point during the advertisement, except if the duration of the
advertisement is more than five minutes, the disclosure statement shall be made
both at the beginning and end of the advertisement.

9. In its oral disclosure statement, a political committee may choose to
identify an advertisement as either supporting or opposing the nomination or
election of one or more clearly identified candidates.

10. If the advertisement is jointly sponsored, the disclosure statement shall
name all of the sponsors and the disclosing individual shall be one of those
sponsors. This provision supersedes any contrary provisions of the Code of
Virginia.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 487, §§ 24.2-943, 24.2-944; 2003, c. 237; 2004, cc. 55, 457;
2005, c. 369; 2006, cc. 787, 892.