                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN TELEPHONE CALLS SPONSORED BY A POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR
PERSON OTHER THAN A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (§ 24.2-959.1)

It shall be unlawful for any person or political committee to make campaign
telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each telephone
call, information to identify the person or political committee who has
authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated
prematurely by means beyond the maker&#8217;s control.
		The person making the telephone call shall disclose the following identifying
information: the name of the political committee if the calls are authorized by
that committee or an agent of that committee; and in the case of a committee
that has filed a statement of organization under Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et
seq.), the full name of the committee and a registration number provided by the
State Board; or in any other case, the full name and residence address of the
individual responsible for the campaign telephone calls.
		It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or political committee
making campaign telephone calls to intentionally modify the caller
identification information for the purpose of misleading the recipient as to the
identity of the caller. If the call is made from an automatic dialing-announcing
device and caller identification information includes a name associated with the
telephone number, then the caller identification information shall include
either the name of the person, corporation, or political committee that has
authorized and is paying for the calls or the vendor conducting the calls on
behalf of the person, corporation, or political committee. &#8220;Automatic
dialing-announcing device&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in §
59.1-518.1.
		It shall also be unlawful (i) for any person who contracts for campaign
telephone calls to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the
identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to
provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying
information required.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 874, § 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 323.