Section 17429 Of Article 2. Leasing Property From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10.5. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
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. (a) This section shall apply only to a school district in
which the electorate authorizes an increase in the maximum tax rate
of the district pursuant to this article for the lease of one or more
schools, and there exists at the time of the election on a site
owned by the district a school facility not owned by the district
meeting all of the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section
17280) of this chapter, which site and school facility are
designated and described in the ballot proposition approved by the
voters.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district may lease
from a California nonprofit corporation an existing school and may
pay rentals therefor from funds derived from the increase in the
maximum tax rate approved by the voters at an election. The purchase
price of the school paid by the nonprofit corporation to the owners
of the school shall not exceed the actual audited cost of
construction thereof including actual interest paid on money borrowed
to finance such construction. Prior to the purchase of the school by
the nonprofit corporation, an independent certified public
accountant shall be retained by the school district to verify the
actual cost of construction and any interest paid to finance the
construction, and the nonprofit corporation may conclusively rely
upon any certificate or opinion setting forth the actual cost of
construction and the interest prepared by the independent certified
public accountant.
(c) A school district, the electorate of which, prior to the
effective date of this section, authorized an increase in the maximum
tax rate in the manner, for the purposes, and under the
circumstances specified in subdivision (a), may avail itself of the
authority afforded by subdivision (b).