Opinion No. (1998)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE SCOTT WILDMAN, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Except in certain circumstances relating to a student body association, is an auxiliary organization of a community college district required to reimburse the district for services district employees perform under the direction or on behalf of the auxiliary organization? 2. In the event that an auxiliary organization is required to reimburse the community college district, does the chancellor of the California community colleges have the authority to "forgive" an auxiliary organization's reimbursement payment relating to a community college district's past practice of providing district employee services without reimbursement? 3. Does the chancellor of the California community colleges have the authority to recommend deferring the payment of reimbursement by an auxiliary organization for any reason, including that community college district officials believed in "good faith" that reimbursement was not required? 4. May reimbursement by an auxiliary organization be in the form of…