“Campaign advertising or communication” means a communication authorized by a candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee, as defined in § 82016 of the Government Code, or by a committee making independent expenditures, as defined in § 82031 of the Government Code, or by a committee formed primarily to support or oppose a ballot measure, as defined in § 82047.5 of the Government Code, for the purpose of advocating the election or defeat of a qualified candidate or ballot measure through any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, direct mailing, or any other type of general, public, political advertising.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)