Bill Text: NY A04916 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 school athletic fields owned or leased by the school district; prohibits advertisements for tobacco or alcohol products or for political advocacy; requires prior approval of all advertisements by the local board of education; provides that revenue 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: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - held for consideration in education [A04916 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04916-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4916
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 9, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to advertising on school
         athletic facilities
         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 1527-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  1527-D.  ADVERTISING ON OUTDOOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC FACILITIES.  1. THE
    4  BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE MAY ENTER INTO  A
    5  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  SALE OF ADVERTISING SPACE ON OUTDOOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC
    6  FACILITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  OUTDOOR  ATHLETIC  COURTS  OR
    7  FIELDS AND SURROUNDING FENCES OR THE EXTERIOR OF OTHER RELATED BUILDINGS
    8  OR STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE OWNED OR LEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUBJECT
    9  TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   10    2.  ADVERTISEMENTS  FOR  TOBACCO  OR ALCOHOL PRODUCTS OR FOR POLITICAL
   11  ADVOCACY SHALL BE PROHIBITED, IN ADDITION TO  ANY  OTHER  ADVERTISEMENTS
   12  FOR  PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES  OR  BY SPONSORS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
   13  DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE.
   14    3. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS SHALL REQUIRE PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE LOCAL  BOARD
   15  OF EDUCATION.
   16    4.  REVENUE  DERIVED FROM ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACTS SHALL BE RETAINED BY
   17  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKING SUCH CONTRACT; PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH REVENUE
   18  SHALL NOT IMPACT THE CALCULATION OR AWARDING OR GRANTING OF STATE AID TO
   19  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   20    5. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  CITIES  WITH  A
   21  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   22    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   23  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
   24  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
   25  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
   26  and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06351-01-5