[§11-10]  Candidates for public office;public service announcements; public funds.  (a)  No person who is acandidate for public office shall appear in, or lend the person's name, image,or voice to, any public service announcement or any advertisement that isproduced on behalf of any state-administered program or paid for with state,county or federal revenues, from the time the candidate files nomination papersuntil the day after the day of:

(1)  The primary election, in the case of a candidatein a primary election who fails to be nominated to stand in a general election;or

(2)  The general election, in the case of a candidatewho is nominated in a primary election and seeks election in a generalelection.

(b)  A candidate who holds public office shallbe exempt from the prohibition specified in subsection (a) if the announcementor advertisement is in anticipation of or in response to a disaster or state ornational emergency; provided that the announcement or advertisement isreasonably necessary for an official function of the candidate.

(c)  This section shall not be construed toprohibit a candidate from appearing in a broadcast of official state, county,or federal proceedings. [L 2007, c 54, §1]