5271 AMS PATT S4918.3

SB 5271 - S AMD - 701

By Senators Patterson, Horn and McCaslin

    On page 2, beginning on line 26, strike all material through "(e)" on line 36, and insert the following:

    "(e) If invited by a newspaper's editorial board or other person or organization controlling the newspaper's editorial pages, the preparation and delivery to the board, person, or organization of a guest editorial or column that is limited to the subject of a ballot proposition and does not include statements about a candidate, as long as:  (i) The guest editorial or column is prepared and delivered by or at the direction of an elected official under whose name and official title it will appear; (ii) the subject of the ballot proposition is within the elected official's constitutional or statutory jurisdiction or authority; and (iii) the elected official has not filed a declaration of candidacy.  For the purposes of this subsection (2)(e), it is not a violation of this section for a guest editorial or column by an elected official to argue for or against the proposition or to urge voters to vote for or against it.  Nothing in this subsection authorizes any person who has filed a declaration of candidacy to seek or make use of the facilities of an agency for preparation and delivery of a guest editorial or column"

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