§ NRS § 294A.3495Disclosures required on certain communications that include official contact information of governmental entity

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Disclosures required on certain communications that include
official contact information of governmental entity.

1.  If a communication is published in
support of or in opposition to a candidate and the communication includes the
official name and address or other official contact information of a
governmental entity, the communication must disclose in a clear and conspicuous
manner the following information:

(a) If the communication includes the official
name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity
of the State of Nevada, the communication must disclose:



This communication is not endorsed
by and is not an official publication of the State of Nevada.



(b) If the communication includes the official
name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity
of any political subdivision of the State of Nevada, the communication must
disclose:



This communication is not endorsed
by and is not an official publication of (insert the official name of the
political subdivision).



2.  As used in this section:

(a) “Governmental entity” means the State of
Nevada, any political subdivision of the State of Nevada or any agency,
institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, office,
authority or other unit of government of the State of Nevada or any political
subdivision of the State of Nevada.

(b) “Official name and address or other official
contact information of a governmental entity” means the legal or commonly
recognized name of a governmental entity and:

(1) The street address of any building,
office or other place where the governmental entity is open for the transaction
of official business; or

(2) Any other official contact information
for contacting the governmental entity for the transaction of official
business, including, without limitation, a telephone number, facsimile number,
electronic mail address or address of the Internet website of the governmental
entity.

(c) “Publish” means the act of:

(1) Printing, posting, broadcasting,
mailing or otherwise disseminating; or

(2) Causing to be printed, posted,
broadcasted, mailed or otherwise disseminated.

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