Bill Text: NY S01587 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the board of education of any school district in the state to enter into a contract for the sale of advertising space on the exterior sides of school buses owned or leased by the school district; prohibits advertisements for tobacco or alcohol products or for political advocacy; provides all advertisements require prior approval by the local board of education; provides revenue to be retained by the school district making such contract; provides provisions do not apply to cities with a population of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01587-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1587--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sens. GRISANTI, BONACIC, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
         tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  advertising  on  the
         exterior sides of school buses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3638
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  3638. ADVERTISING ON SCHOOL BUSES. 1. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY
    4  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE MAY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE  SALE  OF
    5  ADVERTISING  SPACE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDES OF SCHOOL BUSES OWNED OR LEASED
    6  BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS
    7  SECTION.
    8    2.  ADVERTISEMENTS  FOR  TOBACCO  OR ALCOHOL PRODUCTS OR FOR POLITICAL
    9  ADVOCACY SHALL BE PROHIBITED, IN ADDITION TO  ANY  OTHER  ADVERTISEMENTS
   10  FOR  PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES  OR  BY SPONSORS THAT THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS
   11  INAPPROPRIATE.
   12    3. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS SHALL REQUIRE PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE LOCAL  BOARD
   13  OF EDUCATION.
   14    4.  REVENUE  DERIVED FROM ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACTS SHALL BE RETAINED BY
   15  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKING SUCH CONTRACT, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH REVENUE
   16  SHALL NOT IMPACT ANY CALCULATION OR AWARD OR GRANT OF STATE AID TO  SUCH
   17  SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   18    5.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CITIES WITH A
   19  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   21  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
   22  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
   23  this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
   24  and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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