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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5645

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild, Newhouse, DeJarnatt, Bailey, Rinehart, Murray, Hansen, Rasmussen, Madsen, Conner, Sutherland, Wojahn and Warnke

Read first time 1/31/89 and referred to Committee on   Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to political advertising; and amending RCW 42.17.540.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 216, Laws of 1984 and RCW 42.17.540 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the responsibility for compliance with RCW 42.17.510 through 42.17.530 shall rest with the ((sponsor of)) person who sponsors, prepares, or causes to be prepared the political advertising and not with the broadcasting station or other medium.

          (2) If a broadcasting station or other medium changes the content of a political advertisement, the station or medium shall be responsible for any failure of the advertisement to comply with RCW 42.17.510 through 42.17.530 that results from that change.