SECTIONS 35520-35524 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 35520-35524

35520. In any action to reorganize school districts, which are
located in more than one county and are under the jurisdiction of
different county superintendents of schools, the proceedings to be
conducted or the actions to be taken by county officers or agencies
shall be conducted or taken in each of the counties involved, except
as provided in this article or as otherwise provided by law.

35521. Any petition to a county officer or agency in an action
referred to in Section 35520 shall be presented in each county. The
sufficiency of the petition shall be determined jointly by the county
superintendents who have jurisdiction over the districts in which
any petitioners reside.

35522. Any election in an action referred to in Section 35520 shall
be called and conducted by each county superintendent in the
districts which are under his or her jurisdiction and in which the
election is to be held. The designation of the date and hours of the
election, the form and content of the ballot, and the declaration of
the result of the election shall be by joint action of the county
superintendents having jurisdiction over the districts who call and
conduct the election.

35523. Any public hearing required, or allowed to be held, in an
action referred to in Section 35520 may be conducted in each county,
or jointly in either county, as it appears most convenient and
practical to the county officers or agencies conducting the hearing.

35524. Any decision in an action referred to in Section 35520 to
recommend reorganization or to recommend approval or disapproval of a
petition for reorganization may be taken at, or following, a joint
public hearing. If separate hearings are conducted in each county, a
decision to grant or deny the proposed reorganization shall be made
only after findings and tentative conclusions of the hearings in each
county have been transmitted to the officer or agency which
conducted the hearings in each of the other counties.