§ 5321 School District Election Petitions

Whenever a valid and verified petition, authorized by this code and requesting that a board election be held in any school district or in territory contained in one or more school districts or community college district, is received by the officer or board designated by law to receive the petition, such petition shall be deemed an order for calling such election unless the officer or board is by law authorized to take some action upon the petition other than ordering the election requested in the petition. If an election is ordered, the county superintendent having jurisdiction shall prepare a resolution setting forth the specifications required in Section 5322 as preliminary procedure to the call of such election. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)