North Carolina General Statutes 163-278.16A. Restriction on use of State funds by declared candidate for Council of State for advertising or public service announcements using their names, pictures, or voices
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 163-278.16A
- candidate: means any individual who, with respect to a public office listed in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 163-278.6
- election: means any general or special election, a first or second primary, a run-off election, or an election to fill a vacancy. See North Carolina General Statutes 163-278.6
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
After December 31 prior to a general election in which a Council of State office will be on the ballot, no declared candidate for that Council of State office shall use or permit the use of State funds for any advertisement or public service announcement in a newspaper, on radio, or on television that contains that declared candidate’s name, picture, or voice, except in case of State or national emergency and only if the announcement is reasonably necessary to that candidate’s official function. For purposes of this section, “declared candidate” means someone who has publicly announced an intention to run. (1997-515, s. 13(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)