Article 1. Establishment Of Plan of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 35. >> Article 1.

The governing boards of two or more school districts, in none of which the employees are entitled to the benefits of a pension or retirement system maintained by a city, city and county, or county in which the district, or a part thereof, is located, meeting in joint session, may in their discretion, submit to the qualified electors of the districts, and upon petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the qualified electors of each district the governing boards shall submit to the qualified electors of the districts the proposition of establishing a joint plan for a retirement salary to be paid by the districts to all teachers fulfilling the requirements of the plan in the public schools of the districts and to other employees of the districts as the governing boards may determine, or, in the case of a petition, other employees specified in the petition, and to provide, out of funds of the districts, a portion of the cost thereunder, including expenses incident to the administration of the plan.

The proposition of establishing the plan may be submitted to the electors of the districts at any general or special election called and held in the districts, as the governing boards of the districts may determine. The governing boards of the school districts may order the elections that shall be called and held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4.

The governing boards calling the election shall consolidate the election and submit to the electors of the respective districts on the same day the question of whether a district retirement plan shall be established in the districts. Within the territory affected by the order of consolidation, the election precinct polling places and voting booths shall, in every case, be the same. There shall be only one set of election officers in each precinct. The propositions to be voted upon within the respective districts may be set forth on one ticket or ballot. All proceedings had in the premises shall be recorded in one set of election papers, and the election shall be held in all respects as though there were only one election.

The election may be consolidated with any other election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code.

The election shall be called by posting notices, signed by a majority of the governing board of each district, not less than 10 days before the election. If there is a newspaper of general circulation published in any of the districts, notice shall be published in such a newspaper at least once, and at least 10 days prior to the election.

In all respects not otherwise specified the election shall be called and held, and returns canvassed and the result announced in the manner provided for the holding of elections for the purpose of authorizing bonds of the school districts, so far as the provisions of the laws are applicable. The governing boards of the school districts in which the election is held shall, for the purposes of this section, be considered as one board.

There shall be printed on the ballots to be used at the election the proposition: "Shall the governing boards of (here insert the names of the districts under the control of the boards submitting the proposition) school districts be authorized to establish a plan for a joint district retirement salary for the teachers and such other employees of the districts as the governing boards or the petition determines." To the right of the proposition shall be printed the words "Yes" and "No" with voting squares.

If, at the election, a majority of the voters in each district voting on the proposition cast their ballots in favor of the proposition, the governing boards shall establish a joint district retirement salary plan for the teachers and for such other employees of the districts as the boards or the petition determine.

If a majority of the votes cast in each district on the proposition is in the negative, the governing boards shall not submit the proposition again within a period of six months after the date of the election.