SECTIONS 35530-35537 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 35530-35537

35530. An action to reorganize districts is complete when the board
of supervisors makes the order required pursuant to Section 35765.

35531. An action to form a unified school district pursuant to
Section 35543 is complete upon the date of completion of the action
by which the boundaries of the districts comprising the unified
school district become coterminous.

35532. Except as otherwise provided in this article, in any school
district which is created or whose boundaries or status is changed by
an action to reorganize districts, the changes shall be effective on
the date when all of the following are completed:
(a) The determination of the assessed valuation of any district or
districts affected by the action.
(b) The appointment or election of members of the governing board.
(c) The preparation and submission of the school district budgets.
(d) The election or appointment of an executive officer and other
employees required to service the immediate needs of the district.
(e) The election or appointment of employees for the ensuing
school year.
(f) The calling and conducting of any elections authorized by law
relative to the financing of the district, including bonded
indebtedness, tax rates, and State School Building Fund.
(g) The expenditure of funds available to the district.
(h) The exercise by the governing board of the school district of
other powers and duties vested in governing boards of the districts
of the same type of class and not inconsistent with other provisions
of this code.
(i) The receipt and expenditure of funds transferred pursuant to
Section 42623.
(j) The issuing and selling of bonds.

35533. Any district which is reorganized so as to be wholly
absorbed into one or more other districts shall, after the date the
action is complete and until the action is effective for all
purposes, continue to have all of the powers and duties vested in
governing boards of the same kind and not inconsistent with other
provisions of this code.

35534. Except as provided in Sections 35536 and 35786 and subject
to compliance with Section 54900 of the Government Code, any action
to reorganize a school district shall be effective for all purposes
on July 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the action is completed.

35536. At any time after the appointment or election of the
governing board of a school district and the naming of the school
district, the board may secure an option to purchase land for school
purposes for which school district bonds may be issued. The board may
proceed, thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this code,
governing the issuance of school district bonds, with the same
effect as though control of the property of the district had already
been vested in the board.

35537. Notwithstanding Section 35534, where a petition for
reorganization and change of boundaries of one or more school
districts involves a transfer of territory and the territory is
uninhabited land and all districts involved consent to the transfer
of territory, the effective date of the reorganization relating to
the formation of a community facilities district and all matters
relating to the authorization of a special tax pursuant to Chapter
2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title
5 of the Government Code, as well as bonds and the sale thereof,
shall be the date agreed upon by the respective school districts,
which, in any event, shall be no earlier than the date of the last
resolution approved by a school district governing board pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 35709.