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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 390. Public Disclosure Commission |
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Chapter 390-05. General policies and definitions. |
Section 390-05-525. Public service announcement.
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- (1) "Public service announcement" means a communication meets all the following criteria. The communication is:(a) Designed to benefit or promote the community's health, safety or welfare or nonprofit community events;(b) Not selling a product or service;(c) Sponsored by an organization with a history of routinely providing the community such outreach public service messages in the service area of the organization;(d) Of primary interest to the general public and is not targeted to reach only voters or voters in a specific jurisdiction;(e) Not coordinated with or controlled or paid for by a candidate's authorized committee or political committee;(f) Subject to the policies for public service announcements of the entity broadcasting, transmitting, mailing, erecting, distributing or otherwise publishing the communication including policies regarding length, timing and manner of distribution; and(g) One for which the arrangements to include a reference or depiction of the candidate or candidates in the communication were made at least six months before the candidate became a candidate.(2) Examples of public service announcements include but are not limited to communications regarding nonprofit community events, outreach or awareness activities such as: Breast cancer screening, heart disease, domestic violence, organ donation, emergency or other disaster relief for organizations such as the Red Cross, programs designed to encourage reading by school children, childhood safety, fund drives for charitable programs such as United Way, and similar matters.