NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 518

HOUSE BILL 530

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE SOLICITATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Article 52 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Section immediately following G.S. 14‑401.9 to be designated as G.S. 14‑401.10 and to read as follows:

"G.S. 14‑401.10.  Every person, firm or corporation who solicits any advertisement to be published in any law enforcement officers' association's official magazine, yearbook, or other official publication, shall disclose to the person so solicited, whether so requested or not, the name of the law enforcement association for which such advertisement is solicited, together with written authority from the president or secretary of such association to solicit such advertising on its behalf.

"Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1961.