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Assembly Bill A5020

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1021
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1527-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7703, S5045
2015-2016: A4916, S2969
2019-2020: S1321

2017-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5020
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-d
 to read as follows:
   §  1527-D.  ADVERTISING ON OUTDOOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC FACILITIES.  1. THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE MAY ENTER INTO  A
 CONTRACT  FOR  THE  SALE OF ADVERTISING SPACE ON OUTDOOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC
 FACILITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  OUTDOOR  ATHLETIC  COURTS  OR
 FIELDS AND SURROUNDING FENCES OR THE EXTERIOR OF OTHER RELATED BUILDINGS
 OR STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE OWNED OR LEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUBJECT
 TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   2.  ADVERTISEMENTS  FOR  TOBACCO  OR ALCOHOL PRODUCTS OR FOR POLITICAL
 ADVOCACY SHALL BE PROHIBITED, IN ADDITION TO  ANY  OTHER  ADVERTISEMENTS
 FOR  PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES  OR  BY SPONSORS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE.
   3. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS SHALL REQUIRE PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE LOCAL  BOARD
 OF EDUCATION.
   4.  REVENUE  DERIVED FROM ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACTS SHALL BE RETAINED BY
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKING SUCH CONTRACT; PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH REVENUE
 SHALL NOT IMPACT THE CALCULATION OR AWARDING OR GRANTING OF STATE AID TO
 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   5. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  CITIES  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
 and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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