ARTICLE 5. Surplus School Playground, Playing Field, and Recreational Property
Article 5 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3.
§§ 17485–17500 · 16 sections
- § 17485 The Legislature is concerned that school playgrounds, playing fields, and recreational real property will be lost for those uses by the surrounding communities…
- § 17486 This article shall apply to any schoolsite owned by a school district, which the governing board determines to sell or lease, and with respect to which the…
- § 17487 As used in this article, “schoolsite” means a parcel of land, or two or more contiguous parcels, which is owned by a school district. “Governing board” means…
- § 17488 The governing board of any school district may sell or lease any schoolsite containing land described in Section 17486, and, if the governing board decides to…
- § 17489 (a) (1) Other than as specified in paragraph (2), and notwithstanding Section 54222 of the Government Code, the governing board of a school district, before…
- § 17490 In determining what portion of a schoolsite shall be offered for sale or lease pursuant to this article, the governing board may retain any part of the…
- § 17491 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (e), the price at which land described in Section 17486, excluding that portion of a schoolsite retained…
- § 17492 The governing body of a public agency which proposes to purchase or lease land from a school district pursuant to this article shall first make a finding,…
- § 17493 (a) No public agency may purchase surplus school property from a school district pursuant to this article unless it has first adopted a plan for the purchase…
- § 17494 Any land purchased or leased by a public agency pursuant to this article shall thereafter be maintained by such agency for playground, playing field, or other…
- § 17495 The sale or lease of land by a school district pursuant to this article shall be subject to, and governed by, the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with…
- § 17496 Failure by the school district to comply with the provisions of this article shall not invalidate the transfer or conveyance of real property to a purchaser or…
- § 17497 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this article, any school district governing board may designate not more than two surplus schoolsites as exempt from…
- § 17498 A school district having a schoolsite described in Section 17486 may, as an alternative to sale or lease of the land pursuant to the foregoing provisions of…
- § 17499 (a)No more than 30 percent of the total surplus school acreage owned by a school district may be purchased or leased by public agencies pursuant to this…
- § 17500 This article shall not apply to any school district having more than 250,000 pupils in average daily attendance.