§11-215  Advertising.  (a)  Alladvertisements shall contain the name and address of the candidate, committee,party, or person paying for the advertisement.  If an advertisement is notauthorized by a candidate or a candidate's committee, the advertisement shallcontain the name and address of the person paying for the advertisement.

(b)  In addition to subsection (a), nocandidate or committee shall cause or submit any advertisement in support of acandidate, against a candidate's opponent, or with regard to a ballot issue tobe published, broadcast, televised, or otherwise circulated and distributedexcept under the following conditions:

(1)  The advertisement shall contain a notice in aprominent location that the literature or advertisement is published,broadcast, televised, or circulated with the approval and authority of thecandidate, provided that in the event that the literature or advertisement ispaid for by a candidate, committee directly associated with a candidate, orballot issue committee, the notice of approval and authority need not beincluded; or

(2)  The advertisement shall contain a notice in aprominent location that the literature or advertisement is published,broadcast, televised, or circulated without the approval and authority of thecandidate.

(c)  The penalty for violating this sectionshall be a fine not to exceed $25 for each advertisement that lacks therequired disclaimer and no more than $5,000 aggregate. [L 1979, c 224, pt of§2; am L 1987, c 369, §1(12); am L Sp 1995, c 10, §2(18); am L 1999, c 96, §9]