SECTIONS 1300-1304 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 1300-1304

1300. Except as otherwise provided in the Government Code, an
election to select county officers shall be held with the statewide
primary at which candidates for Governor are nominated. In the event
that county officers are not elected pursuant to Sections 8140 and
8141, this election shall be deemed a primary election and a county
general election shall be held with the statewide general election to
select county officers.

1301. (a) Except as required by Section 57379 of the Government
Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a general municipal
election shall be held on an established election date pursuant to
Section 1000.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a city council may enact
an ordinance, pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section
10000), requiring its general municipal election to be held on the
same day as the statewide direct primary election, the day of the
statewide general election, on the day of school district elections
as set forth in Section 1302, the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of March in each odd-numbered year, or the second Tuesday of
April in each year. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this
subdivision shall become operative upon approval by the board of
supervisors.
(2) In the event of consolidation, the general municipal election
shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable procedural
requirements of this code pertaining to that primary, general, or
school district election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation
with that election.
(c) If a city adopts an ordinance described in subdivision (b),
the municipal election following the adoption of the ordinance and
each municipal election thereafter shall be conducted on the date
specified by the city council, in accordance with subdivision (b),
unless the ordinance in question is later repealed by the city
council.
(d) If the date of a general municipal election is changed
pursuant to subdivision (b), at least one election shall be held
before the ordinance, as approved by the board of supervisors, may be
subsequently repealed or amended.

1302. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the regular
election to select governing board members in any school district,
community college district, or county board of education shall be
held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each
odd-numbered year.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as
provided in Section 1302.5, after the initial election of governing
board members in any school district, community college district, or
of members of a county board of education, the election of governing
board members for the district or of members of the county board of
education may be established, upon the adoption of an appropriate
resolution by the governing board or the county board of education,
respectively, to regularly occur on the same day as the statewide
direct primary election, the statewide general election, or the
general municipal election as set forth in Section 1301. The
resolution shall become operative upon approval by the board of
supervisors pursuant to Section 10404.5 or 10405.7, as applicable. If
a school district, community college district, or county board of
education is located in more than one county, the district may not
consolidate an election if any county in which the district is
located denies the request for consolidation.
(2) If the board of supervisors approves the resolution pursuant
to Section 10404.5 or 10405.7, as applicable, the election of the
governing board members of the school district or community college
district or of members of the county board of education shall be
conducted on the date specified by the board of supervisors, in
accordance with paragraph (1), unless the approval is later rescinded
by the board of supervisors.
(3) In the event of consolidation, the election of governing board
members of the school district or community college district or of
members of the county board of education shall be conducted in
accordance with all applicable procedural requirements of the
Elections Code pertaining to that primary, general, or municipal
election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation with that
election.
(4) If the date of an election is changed pursuant to this
section, at least one election shall be held before the resolution,
as approved by the board of supervisors, may be subsequently repealed
or amended.

1302.1. In a community college district that includes the trustee
areas authorized to be established pursuant to the second paragraph
of Section 72022 of the Education Code, the consolidation of the
election of trustees on the same date as the statewide general
election pursuant to Section 1302 may be approved by any county or
counties for the trustee areas located entirely within the county or
counties. Approval by any county or counties in which the other
trustee areas are located shall be deemed to meet the requirement of
staggered terms set forth in Section 72022 of the Education Code.

1302.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an
elementary, unified, high school, or community college district
includes within its boundaries the same territory, or territory that
is in part the same, as a chartered city, the governing board member
elections of the elementary, unified, high school, or community
college district may be consolidated with the city election pursuant
to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10. The
consolidation shall be effected by the officer conducting the
election having jurisdiction of the elementary, unified, high school,
or community college district, upon the written request of the
governing board of the elementary, unified, high school, or community
college district and with the written consent of the legislative
body of the city. This section shall control in the event of any
conflict with a prior order of the county superintendent of schools
made pursuant to Section 5340 of the Education Code.
(b) When a high school district or community college district
election is consolidated with that of a city pursuant to this
section, and the high school district or community college district
has within its boundaries component districts whose elections would
otherwise be held on a date specified in this code, the elections in
the component districts may be consolidated with the election in the
high school district or community college district. The consolidation
shall be effected by the officer conducting the election having
jurisdiction of the component districts upon the written request of
the governing boards thereof and with the written consent of the
governing boards of the districts whose governing board member
elections are to be consolidated with those of the component
districts.
(c) Successors to incumbents holding office upon the effective
date of this section, who in the absence of this section would have
been elected at a different time, shall be chosen for office at the
election nearest the time the terms of office of the incumbents would
have otherwise expired. If an incumbent's term of office is extended
because of this section, he or she shall hold office until a
successor qualifies for the office, but in no event shall the term of
an incumbent be extended to more than four years.

1302.3. An annual election for members of the board of education
shall be held in each unified district that is coterminous with or
includes in its boundaries all or any portion of a chartered city or
city and county the charter of which provides for a board of
education, of five members with five-year terms, with the term of one
member expiring each year. The election shall be held annually on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The election
shall be called by the county superintendent of schools and conducted
in substantially the same manner as prescribed by Section 5000 of
the Education Code.

1302.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regular
election for members of the Long Beach Community College District
governing board may be held, upon the adoption of an appropriate
resolution by the governing board, on the same date upon which the
election for members of the City Board of Education of the Long Beach
Unified School District is held pursuant to the City Charter of the
City of Long Beach and Article 3 (commencing with Section 5340) of
Chapter 3 of the Education Code.

1302.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon
recommendation of the county superintendent of schools and with the
approval of the county board of supervisors, the election of
governing board members of school districts whose boundaries are
coterminous with the boundaries of the county, shall be consolidated
with the November general election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing
with Section 10400) of Division 10.
(1) The terms of members of the governing board elected pursuant
to this section shall begin at noon on the first Monday after the
first day in January following the general election and shall end at
noon on the first Monday after the first day in January four years
thereafter.
(2) The terms of members of the governing board expiring on March
31 of any odd-numbered year next succeeding any general election
shall expire at noon on the first Monday after the first day in
January following the general election.
(b) When the term of an incumbent expires at midnight on March 31
of an odd-numbered year and no successor has been elected because of
the provisions of subdivision (a), the members of the board whose
terms have not expired shall appoint a successor to serve until a
successor is elected and qualifies pursuant to subdivision (a).

1303. (a) Unless the principal act of a district provides that an
election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter
1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1, or except as
provided in Section 1500, or except as provided in subdivision (b), a
general district election to elect members of the governing board
shall be held in each special district subject to Division 10
(commencing with Section 10000) on the first Tuesday following the
first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing body
of a special district may require, by resolution, that its elections
of governing body members be held on the same day as the statewide
general election. The resolution shall become operative upon the
approval of the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 10404.

1304. Unless the principal act of a district provides that an
election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter
1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1, a general district
election shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year to choose a
successor for each elective officer the term of whose office will
expire on the following first Friday in December.