Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE THOMAS McCLINTOCK, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. When are an official map and legal description of the boundaries of a proposed school district reorganization required to be prepared and filed? 2. Which party or entity is responsible for the costs of preparing and filing an official map and legal description of the boundaries of a proposed school district reorganization? CONCLUSIONS 1. The preparation and filing of an official map and legal description of the boundaries of a proposed school district reorganization are required only after the reorganization has been approved by the voters. 2. The county board of supervisors is responsible for the costs of preparing and filing an official map and legal description of the boundaries of a proposed school district reorganization after it has been approved by the voters. ANALYSIS The reorganization of school districts (Ed. Code, §§ 35500 - 35785 ) 1 includes the creation of one or more new school districts from the territory of an existing district. (§ 35511 .) Such a…