HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3814        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 522

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to a Commission on Advertisements..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

There is hereby established a special commission to study the feasibility of permitting private sector advertising on city and town school buses.  The Commission shall study and analyze whether private sector advertising on state websites is a practicable initiative to generate revenue.

The Commission shall consist of 3 members of the Senate, 5 members of the House of Representatives, and 3 persons to be appointed by the governor.

Said study shall include, but not be limited to, the issue of fair market compensation for use of state property, the ability to screen advertisements and the authority of state agencies to sell advertising space.

The Commission shall issue a report no later than 270 days after its first organizational meeting.