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 shall be conducted in accordance with the election provisions of this title whenever such provisions are made applicable to community college districts. Such elections shall be conducted by the component elementary school districts within such community college district upon the order of the board of trustees of the community college district. The order shall 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 shall 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, the last insertion to be no more than 1 week prior to the date of the election. This notice shall be in addition to the election notice to be given by the trustees of the component elementary districts under the school election laws.
     (3) Should trustees be 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 shall 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 or voting machines are not used in the component elementary school district or districts which 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 such component districts at the expense of the community college district, but in all other respects said elections shall be conducted in accordance with the school election laws. All costs incident to election of the community college trustees shall be borne by the community college district, including one-half of the compensation of the judges for the school elections; provided that 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.