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  5. 2019 Alabama Senate Bills
  6. SB 411

SB 411

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Text
  • 3 Bill Actions
  • 4 Bill Votes
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Greg J. Reed
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Education, public K-12, buses, local boards of education authorized to sell advertising space on buses, prohibit certain types of advertising
Description

Existing law does not authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses

This bill would authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses and would prohibit certain types of advertising

Relating to public K-12 education; to authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses and to prohibit certain types of advertising.

Subjects
Education

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: SB 411 - Engrossed - PDF

Existing law does not authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses

This bill would authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses and would prohibit certain types of advertising

Relating to public K-12 education; to authorize local boards of education to sell advertising space on school buses and to prohibit certain types of advertising.

Section 1

(a) A local board of education may allot space on the exterior of a school bus for the purpose of commercial advertising. (b) The advertising may not do any of the following: (1) Interfere with the effectiveness of any required reflective materials or warning equipment. (2) Be located above or on the windows of the school bus. (3) Be located behind the front wheel to the front of the back wheel. (4) Be located behind the back wheel to the end of the bus. (c) Each local board of education shall determine the length and terms of advertising contracts and the content of the advertising. The advertising of alcohol, tobacco products, sexually explicit or offensive material, and political or campaign advertising is prohibited. For purposes of this subsection, political or campaign advertising includes, but is not limited to, any communication that satisfies any of the following: (1) Is intended to support or defeat a candidate for public office. (2) Advocates or opposes a proposed constitutional amendment or other public question that appears or will appear on a ballot. (3) Otherwise concerns the advocacy of a public policy issue by a political action committee. (d) If the advertising restrictions in subsection (c) are invalidated on constitutional grounds by a court in a final and appealable order, and if an appeal is not taken from that order or if the order is upheld on appeal, any advertising permitted by this section shall be immediately removed and the permissive advertising program established in this section shall be null and void. All advertising contracts established pursuant to this section shall be subject to being null and void as stated in this subsection. (e) A local board of education may not exclude or show exclusive preference for specific advertisers within industries, business sectors, or other classes of advertisers identified as appropriate. (f) Any proceeds derived from the advertising provided by this section shall inure to the benefit of the local board of education.

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 28, 2019 H Pending third reading on day 26 Favorable from Education Policy
May 28, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 23, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
May 23, 2019 S Engrossed
May 23, 2019 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1090
May 23, 2019 S Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089
May 23, 2019 S Reed Amendment Offered
May 23, 2019 S Third Reading Passed
May 21, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 15, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy

Bill Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-23
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Reed motion to Adopt
2019-05-23
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/SB411-eng.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/SB411-int.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/201943-1.pdf

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