SECTIONS 17230-17234 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 17230-17234

17230. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with
Section 17455) of Chapter 4 of this part and in addition to the
requirements placed upon school districts pursuant to Section 54222
of the Government Code, the governing board of any school district
may sell, for less than fair market value, any schoolsite that is
deemed to be surplus property of the district, to any park district,
city, or county in which the school district is wholly or partially
situated for use or partial use as park or recreational purposes or
open-space purposes if the governing board adopts a resolution
specifying that it will sell or transfer the property for less than
fair market value to such an entity for that purpose. The offer to
sell shall be made in writing, but the terms by which the property
may be sold or transferred need not be specifically provided.

17231. The sale or transfer may be made for cash and other valuable
consideration, or for other valuable consideration, as deemed
appropriate by the governing board of the school district. The sale
or transfer may be made without first taking a vote of the electors
of the district.

17232. A school district's offer to sell or transfer the land shall
be made to all park districts, cities, and counties in which the
school district is wholly or partially situated pursuant to this
article and shall remain open for not less than 60 days. The sale or
transfer shall be made to whichever public entity first accepts the
offer, or whichever public entity can negotiate satisfactorily for
the purchase or transfer of the surplus land.

17233. Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 17455) of
Chapter 4 of this part, Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of
Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
or any other provision of law, any unimproved real property that was
acquired by a school district pursuant to Section 35270.5, which
property the governing board of the school district has deemed to be
surplus property of the district, may not be sold to any person or
entity within 20 years of its acquisition by the district unless the
district has first made a bona fide offer to sell the property to the
person or entity that owned the property at the time of its
acquisition by the district or, if applicable, offered to that person
or entity a right of first refusal of any bona fide offer acceptable
to the district made by another to purchase the property.

17234. The failure to comply with any provision of this article
shall not invalidate any sale or transfer of real property to a
purchaser or encumbrancer for value.