as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to education; authorizing advertising on 1.3 school buses; proposing coding for new law in 1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [123.807] [ADVERTISING ON SCHOOL BUSES.] 1.7 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORIZATION.] A district may transport 1.8 school children on a school bus that has advertising, if: 1.9 (1) the advertising attached to the school bus does not 1.10 interfere with bus identification under section 169.441; 1.11 (2) the bus with attached advertising meets the school bus 1.12 equipment standards under sections 169.4501 to 169.4504; and 1.13 (3) the school district has adopted an advertising policy 1.14 under subdivision 2. 1.15 Subd. 2. [ADVERTISING POLICY.] Before transporting 1.16 students on a school bus with advertising, a school district 1.17 must adopt an advertising policy with guidelines and advertising 1.18 standards. At a minimum, the policy must prohibit advertising 1.19 and advertising images that: 1.20 (1) solicit the sale of, or promote the use of, alcoholic 1.21 beverages and tobacco products; 1.22 (2) are discriminatory in nature or content; 1.23 (3) imply or declare an endorsement of the product or 1.24 service by the school district; 1.25 (4) contain obscene material; 2.1 (5) are false, misleading, or deceptive; or 2.2 (6) relate to an illegal activity or antisocial behavior.