Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 18:1464 - Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penaltyA. No daily, bi-weekly, weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly newspaper, journal, periodical, or other publication and no radio station, television station, or chain or network of radio or television stations operating in this state shall assess or charge for political announcements and advertisements any amount which is in excess of the rates assessed and charged for regular commercial advertising.B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. 1/1/1978.