BILL NUMBER: AB 693 CHAPTERED 07/17/02 CHAPTER 199 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 17, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 16, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 28, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 14, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 12, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 18, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 8, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Longville FEBRUARY 22, 2001 An act to amend Section 15340 of, and to add Sections 15101 and 15341 to, the Education Code, relating to school facilities improvement districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 693, Longville. School facilities improvement districts: elections. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school facilities improvement district to provide for and call a special bond election within the district to submit to the voters a proposition on whether to incur debt and issue bonds. Existing law permits the election to be called for any date, with specified exceptions, including elections held on, or the day before or after, a state holiday, and elections for school bonds pursuant to specified provisions of law. This bill would prohibit an election within a 45-day period before or after a statewide election, unless called for the same date as the statewide election or an established election date. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 15101 is added to the Education Code, to read: 15101. Notwithstanding any other law, an election may not be held pursuant to this chapter within 45 days before a statewide election or within 45 days after a statewide election unless conducted at the same time as the statewide election, subject to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code, or on an established election date pursuant to Section 1000 of the Elections Code. SEC. 2. Section 15340 of the Education Code is amended to read: 15340. (a) After adopting the resolution ordering the formation of the school facilities improvement district, the governing board may provide for and call a special bond election within the school facilities improvement district to, or may at the next statewide election, submit to the voters of the school facilities improvement district a proposition of whether or not an indebtedness of the district shall be incurred and bonds issued therefor in an amount not exceeding the estimate stated in the resolution ordering the school facilities improvement district formed. (b) The indebtedness and the bonds shall be payable from taxes to be levied and collected upon lands located within the school facilities improvement district. SEC. 3. Section 15341 is added to the Education Code, to read: 15341. Notwithstanding any other law, an election may not be held pursuant to this chapter within 45 days before a statewide election or within 45 days after a statewide election unless conducted at the same time as the statewide election, subject to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code, or on an established election date pursuant to Section 1000 of the Elections Code.