TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32527›DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32527›PART 10.5. SCHOOL FACILITIES 17210-17672›CHAPTER 4. Property: Sale,Lease, Exchange 17385-17561›ARTICLE 5. Surplus School Playground, Playing Field, and Recreational Property 17485-17500

§ 17492

California Education Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

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, approved by a vote of two-thirds of its members, that public lands in the vicinity of the schoolsite are inadequate to meet the existing and foreseeable needs of the community for playground, playing field, or other outdoor recreational and open-space purposes.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

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