Section 35710 Of Article 1. Reorganization Of School Districts By The Electorate From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 21. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) For all other petitions to transfer territory, if the
county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs
(1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 35753
substantially are met, the county committee may approve the petition
and, if approved, shall notify the county superintendent of schools
who shall call an election in the territory of the districts as
determined by the county committee, to be conducted at the next
election of any kind in accordance with either of the following:
(1) Section 1002 of the Elections Code and Part 4 (commencing with
Section 5000) of Division 1 of Title 1.
(2) Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Elections
Code.
(b) A county committee also may approve a petition to form one or
more school districts if the requirements of subdivision (a), and the
following conditions, are met:
(1) Each county superintendent of schools with jurisdiction over
an affected school district elects to grant approval authority to the
county committee on school district organization for which he or she
is secretary pursuant to Section 4012, and that county committee
chooses to accept that authority.
(2) The governing board of each of the affected school districts
consents to the petition.
(3) The secretary of the county committee designated as the lead
agency pursuant to Section 35710.3 or subdivision (a) of Section
35520.5 enters into an agreement on behalf of the county committee
for any or all affected school districts to share among those
districts the costs of complying with the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with
Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
(c) A petition to form one or more school districts that meets the
conditions described in subdivision (b), but is not approved by the
county committee, shall be transmitted to the state board pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 35707 and heard by the state board
pursuant to Section 35708. The state board, rather than the county
committee, shall be the lead agency, as defined in Section 21067 of
the Public Resources Code, for purposes of the California
Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section
21000) of the Public Resources Code) for each petition transmitted
pursuant to this subdivision, including a petition disapproved by the
county committee after determining the project is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to paragraph (5) of
subdivision (b) of Section 21080 of the Public Resources Code.