BILL REQ. #:  S-4001.4 

READ FIRST TIME 01/28/10.   

     AN ACT Relating to advertising on school buses; amending RCW 46.61.380; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.380 and 2002 c 29 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The state superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and enforce rules not inconsistent with the law of this state to govern the design, marking, and mode of operation of all school buses owned and operated by any school district or privately owned and operated under contract or otherwise with any school district in this state for the transportation of school children.
     (2) School districts shall not be prohibited from placing or displaying a flag of the United States on a school bus when it does not interfere with the vehicle's safe operation. The state superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and enforce rules not inconsistent with the law of this state to govern the size, placement, and display of the flag of the United States on all school buses referenced in subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) The Washington state school directors' association shall develop a model policy and procedures regarding the content of advertising and educational materials placed on school buses. Each school district board of directors shall take into consideration the model policy and procedures developed by the school directors' association and establish and approve its own policy.
     (4) School districts shall be permitted to place advertising and educational material on and in school buses if the advertising and educational material is approved by the school district board of directors. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and enforce rules, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, to govern the placement and securing of any such advertising and educational material. The advertising and educational material may not be placed on the front or the rear of a school bus.
     (5) Rules shall by reference be made a part of any such contract or other agreement with the school district. Every school district, its officers and employees, and every person employed under contract or otherwise by a school district is subject to such rules. It is unlawful for any officer or employee of any school district or for any person operating any school bus under contract with any school district to violate any of the provisions of such rules.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
     School districts that receive revenue from advertising or educational material under RCW 46.61.380 shall deposit the revenue in the school district's general fund or transportation vehicle fund.