Bill Text: CA SB1295 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: schoolbuses: advertisements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-24 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [SB1295 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1295-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1295	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Fuller   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Dutton,   Harman,   and Runner   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Section 27906.3 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1295, as amended, Huff. Vehicles: schoolbuses: advertisements.
    Existing law requires every schoolbus, while being used for the
transportation of school pupils at or below the 12th grade level, to
bear upon the front and rear of the bus a plainly visible sign
containing the word "schoolbus" in letters not less than 8 inches in
height. Existing law requires that the letters on schoolbus signs be
of proportionate width.
   This bill would  , notwithstanding any other law, 
authorize a  local  school district to  operate
  approve the   placement of commercial
advertisements on the exterior of  a schoolbus,  as
defined, upon which the school district has affixed commercial
advertisements, notwithstanding any restrictions in law or regulation
regarding the signage that may be affixed on a schoolbus 
 subject to specified restrictions, that require, among other
things, that the district adopt policies and guidelines in connection
with the content of the advertising  . 
   The bill would require the Department of the California Highway
Patrol to adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the
design, placement, and size of the signage on the exterior of the
schoolbus. The bill would prohibit a schoolbus from having more than
2 advertisements at a time and would prohibit each advertisement from
covering more than 35% of the space available. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 27906.3 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   27906.3.  Notwithstanding  Section 27906 or  any
other law  restricting the signage that may be affixed on a
school bus, a school district may operate a school bus, as defined in
Section 545, upon which the school district has affixed commercial
advertisements.   , a local school district may
authorize the placement of commercial advertisements on the exterior
of a schoolbus, subject to the following restrictions:  
   (a) The district shall adopt policies and guidelines in connection
with the content of the advertising. At a minimum, the district
shall not enter into an agreement with any person that would cause or
permit any advertisement to display or advertise material that does
any of the following:  
   (1) Solicits alcohol, tobacco, firearms, or sexually explicit
material.  
   (2) Is discriminatory in nature or content.  
   (3) Implies or declares endorsement of the product or service by
the school district.  
   (4) Is inappropriate for or insensitive to children in the
community.  
   (5) Contains material that is political in nature or relates to a
political activity, campaign, or candidate.  
   (6) Contains material effecting the establishment of religion.
 
   (7) Is false, misleading, deceptive, or promotes an illegal
activity or antisocial behavior.  
   (b) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall adopt
and enforce rules and regulations relating to the design, placement,
and size of the signage on the exterior of a schoolbus, including a
prohibition against signage that does any of the following: 

   (1) Extends from the body of the schoolbus so as to allow a
handhold or poses a danger to pedestrians.  
   (2) Covers any structural or sheet metal damage or alteration.
 
   (3) Interferes with the operation of any door, window, required
lettering, lamp, reflector, or other device.  
   (4) Is placed on a side emergency door or the back of the
schoolbus.  
   (5) Interferes with schoolbus identification.  
   (6) Is digital or electronic.  
   (c) A schoolbus may not have more than two advertisements at a
time, and each advertisement shall not cover more than 35 percent of
the space available.