Section 5227 Of Article 2. Elections From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
5227
. In those cases in which the boundaries of the school
district, high school district, or community college district,
governed by a city board of education, are not coterminous with the
boundaries of the city, and where elections, either primary, general,
or recall, of members of the board of education are by the
provisions of the laws governing the cities held at times other than
on the day of municipal elections, general or special, the cost and
expense of the district elections shall be a legal charge against the
funds of the district or districts governed by the board of
education. The city shall be reimbursed by the district or districts
for its actual cost and expense incurred in the conduct of the
election or elections. The cost and expense of conducting the
election in territory common to two or more districts shall be borne
by the districts in equal shares. In territory within a single
district the cost shall be borne by the district.
In those cases in which the school district, high school district,
or community college district is governed by a city board of
education, and elections, either primary, general, or recall, of
members of the board of education are by the provisions of the laws
governing the cities held on the same day as municipal elections,
general or special, a proportionate part of the actual cost and
expense of the election shall be a legal charge against the school
districts governed by the board of education. The city shall be
reimbursed for the proportionate cost and expense incurred in the
conduct of the election. The cost and expense of the elections within
the boundaries of the city shall be apportioned between the city and
the districts in the ratio that the total number of offices to be
filled and propositions to be voted upon by the electors of the city
and the school district or districts, respectively, bears to the
total number of offices to be filled and propositions submitted. The
cost and expense of the election in territory outside of the
municipal boundaries shall be borne by the districts affected. As
between the districts, costs and expense shall be apportioned as
follows: In territory common to two or more districts the cost of
conducting the election shall be borne in equal shares, and in
territory within a single district the cost shall be borne by the
district.