BILL NUMBER: AB 1044	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 20008 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1044, as introduced, Hueso. Paid political advertisements.
   Existing law requires a paid political advertisement that refers
to an election or to any candidate for state or local elective office
and that is contained in or distributed with a newspaper to bear the
words "Paid Political Advertisement."
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 20008 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   20008.   (a)    Any paid political advertisement
that refers to an election or to any candidate for state or local
elective office and that is contained in or distributed with a
newspaper, shall bear on each surface or page  thereof
  of the advertisement  , in type or lettering at
least half as large as the type or lettering of the advertisement or
in 10-point roman type, whichever is larger, the words "Paid
Political Advertisement." The words shall be set apart from any other
printed matter. 
    As 
    (b)     As  used in this section "paid
political advertisement"  shall mean and shall be limited
to,   means  published statements paid for by
advertisers for purposes of supporting or defeating any person who
has filed for an elective state or local office.