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Code · New Mexico · Chapter 22 — Public Schools · Article 28 — School Bus Advertisements

22-28-1. Bus advertisements authorized; limitations and

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restrictions.
A. The state transportation division of the department of education [public education department] shall authorize local school boards to sell advertising space on the interior and exterior of school buses. The local school board shall develop guidelines for the type of advertisements that will be permitted. There shall be no advertisements that involve:
(1)obscenity, sexual material, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, political campaigns or causes, religion or promoting the use of drugs; or
(2)general content that is harmful or inappropriate for school buses as determined by the state board [department].
B. All school bus advertisements shall be painted or affixed by decal on the bus in a manner that does not interfere with national and state requirements for school bus markings, lights and signs. The commercial advertiser that contracts with the school district for the use of the space for advertisements shall be required to pay the cost of placing the advertisements on the bus and shall pay for its removal after the term of the contract has expired.
C. The right to sell advertising space on school buses shall be within the sole discretion of the local school board, except as required by Section 3 [22-28-1 NMSA 1978] of this act.
D. An officer or employee of a school district or of the department of education [public education department] who fails to comply with the obligations or restrictions created by this act shall be subject to discipline, including the possibility of being terminated from employment. A school bus private owner that fails to comply with the obligations or restrictions created by this act is in breach of contract and the contract is subject to cancellation after notice and hearing before the director of the state transportation division.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 233, § 3.
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