20-15-221. Election of trustees after organization of community college district. (1) After organization, the registered electors of the community college district qualified to vote under the provisions of 20-20-301 shall annually vote for trustees on the regular school election day provided for in 20-3-304. The election must be conducted in accordance with the election provisions of this title whenever the provisions are made applicable to community college districts. Elections must be conducted by the component elementary school districts within the community college district upon the order of the board of trustees of the community college district. The order must be transmitted to the appropriate trustees not less than 40 days prior to the regular school election day.
     (2) Notice of the community college district trustee election must be given by the board of trustees of the community college district by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation within each county, not less than once a week for 2 consecutive weeks, with the last insertion to be no more than 1 week prior to the date of the election. This notice is in addition to the election notice to be given by the trustees of the component elementary districts under the school election laws.
     (3) If trustees are elected other than at large throughout the entire district, then only those qualified voters within the area from which the trustee or trustees are to be elected may cast their ballots for the trustee or trustees from that area. In addition to the nominating petition required by 20-15-219(2), all candidates for the office of trustee shall file their declarations of candidacy with the secretary of the board of trustees of the community college district not less than 30 days prior to the date of election. If an electronic voting system is not used in the component elementary school district or districts that conduct the election, the board of trustees of the community college district shall cause ballots to be printed and distributed for the polling places in the component districts at the expense of the community college district, but in all other respects the elections must be conducted in accordance with the school election laws. All costs incident to election of the community college trustees must be borne by the community college district, including one-half of the compensation of the judges for the school elections. However, if the election of the community college district trustees is the only election conducted, the community college district shall compensate the district for the total cost of the election.

     History: En. 75-8114 by Sec. 461, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 121, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8114; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 392, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 130, L. 2005.