P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 627g
Whenever a political action committee makes a disbursement to fund any communication through any radio or television station, cable or satellite television, the Internet, through computers, newspapers, magazines, billboards or direct mail to five hundred (500) people or more of the same type of message, or any other type of political advertisement targeted to the general public, or when a person makes a disbursement to fund an announcement for election-related purposes or to finance an electioneering communications, as such term is defined in § 621 of this title, such communication shall contain the following:
(a) If the communication was coordinated, paid, and/or authorized by a party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee or committee authorized by such party, candidate, aspirant or its agents, the communication shall indicate that it has been coordinated, paid, and/or authorized by such party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee or authorized committee.
(b) If the announcement was paid by other persons, but authorized by a party, aspirant or candidate or by a campaign committee or committee authorized by such party, aspirant, candidate or its agents, the communication shall indicate that it has been paid by such persons and authorized by such party, aspirant, candidate, and his/her committees.
(c) If the communication was not authorized by a party, aspirant or candidate or by the campaign committee or authorized committee of said party, aspirant or candidate or their agents, the communication shall clearly indicate the name, street address, and Website address of the person who paid for the communication and shall clearly indicate that it was not authorized by the candidate, aspirant, party, and its committees.
(d) No person who sells spots on television, radio, cable or satellite television, or space in newspapers, magazines, the Internet, or billboards to a party, aspirant, or candidate, or his/her committees, or the agent of the party, aspirant, or candidate for the purposes of their campaign may charge a rate for using such spot for other purposes.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 8.007; renumbered as § 7.007 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 52.