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California Education Code Section 76060.5

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If a student body association has been established at a
community college as authorized by Section 76060, the governing body
of the association may order that an election be held for the purpose
of establishing a student representation fee of one dollar ($1) per
semester.  The election shall be held in compliance with regulations
of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and
shall be open to all regularly enrolled students of the community
college.  The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the students voting
in the election shall be sufficient to establish the fee.  However,
the election shall not be sufficient to establish the fee unless the
number of students who vote in the election equals or exceeds the
average of the number of students who voted in the previous three
student body association elections.
   The student representation fee authorized by this section shall be
collected by the officials of the community college, together with
all other fees, at the time of registration or before registration
and shall be deposited in a separate fiduciary fund established per
the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual for
student representation fees.  The money collected pursuant to this
section shall be  expended to provide for the support of governmental
affairs representatives who may be stating their positions and
viewpoints before city, county, and district governments, and before
offices and agencies of the state government.  The chief fiscal
officer of the community college shall have custody of the money
collected pursuant to this section and the money shall be disbursed
for the purposes described above upon the order of the governing body
of the student body association.  The district may retain a portion
of the fees collected and deposited pursuant to this section that is
equal to the actual cost of administering these fees up to, but not
more than, 7 percent.
   The student representation fee authorized by this section may be
terminated by a majority vote of the students voting in an election
held for that purpose.  The election shall be called and held in
compliance with regulations of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges and shall be open to all regularly
enrolled students of the community college.
   A student may, for religious, political, financial, or moral
reasons, refuse to pay the student representation fee established
under this section.  The refusal shall be submitted in writing to the
college officials at the time the student pays other fees collected
by the college officials.  The refusal shall be submitted on the same
form that is used for collection of fees as provided by the college,
which, as determined by the college, shall be as nearly as practical
in the same form as a model form prescribed by regulations of the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

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