                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIO ADVERTISEMENTS SPONSORED BY A POLITICAL COMMITTEE (§
24.2-958.2)

It shall be unlawful for a political committee to sponsor an 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
satisfied:

1. A radio 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 committee,
containing at least the following words: &#8220;This ad was paid for (or
&#8216;sponsored by&#8217; or &#8216;furnished by&#8217;) [Name of political
action committee].&#8221; (ii) The disclosure statement shall last at least two
seconds and the statement shall be spoken so that its contents may be easily
understood. (iii) The placement of the oral disclosure statement shall also
comply with the requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C.
&#xA7;&#xA7; 315 and 317.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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