HB 219 HFA Sobonya 6-26 #1
Delegates Sobonya, Sumner and Blair move to amend the bill on
page 17, following line 17 by adding a new section designated as
§3-8-2c to read as follows:
"§3-8-2c.
Limitations on elected or appointed officials from
using their name or likeness.
(a) Elected or appointed officials, their agents, or anyone on
public payroll may not:
(1) Use the elected or appointed person's name or likeness on
any publicly-owned vehicles, unless for ceremonial events;
(2) Place the elected or appointed person's name or likeness
on "trinkets" paid for by public funds;
(3) Use public funds, including funds of the office held by
the elected or appointed person to distribute, disseminate, publish
or display the elected or appointed person's name or likeness upon
or in any publication, broadcast, cable or satellite communication,
communication in any newspaper, magazine or periodical publication,
communication sent by mass mailing, communication by telephone book
or communication by leaflet, pamphlet or flyer, or any other
publication or media communication, within thirty days of a primary
election or sixty days before a general election in which the
elected or appointed official, or the person on public payroll, is
a candidate.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Agent" means any volunteer or employee, contractual or permanent, serving at the discretion of an elected or appointed
official; and
(2) "Trinkets" means items of tangible personal property that
are not vital or necessary to the duties of the official's or
public employee's office, including, but not limited to, the
following: Magnets, mugs, cups, key-chains, pill-holders, band-aid
dispensers, fans, nail files, matches, and bags.
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits elected or appointed
officials from using their names or likenesses on any official
record or report, letterhead, document or certificate, or
instructional material issued in the course of their duties as
elected or appointed officials, or on promotional materials used
for national tourism and economic development promotion.
Adopted
Rejected