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.