Article 3. Reorganization Of Districts Under The Jurisdiction Of Different Counties of California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 21. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.