Senate Bill No. 6
(By Senator Mitchell)
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[Introduced January 9, 2002; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article nine, chapter three of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-
five, relating to elections; requiring that campaign
advertising and communications disclose the party
affiliation of the candidate or committee authorizing same;
and providing criminal penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, chapter three of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.
ยง3-9-25. Disclosure of party affiliation required on campaign advertizing or communications; penalties.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, any campaign advertizing or communication authorized
by a candidate for public office or a candidate's committee, for
the purpose of advocating the nomination, election or defeat of
a candidate, shall disclose the political party affiliation of
the candidate so authorizing the advertizing or communication.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that campaign
advertizing and communications disclose the party affiliation of
the candidate authorizing the advertizing or communication.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.