(a) Upon the request of the county board of education on behalf of a newly organized school district, and upon the order of the county board of supervisors of the county or city and county, the auditor and treasurer of the county or city and county shall make a temporary transfer from any funds of the county or city and county not immediately needed to pay claims against them to the general fund of the newly organized school district for the purpose of meeting the current expense of the school district until the school district receives its first state apportionments or school district tax funds. Upon the making of the transfer, the auditor shall immediately notify the superintendent of schools of the county or the city and county of the amount transferred.

(b) The funds transferred under this section to the general fund of a newly organized school district shall be retransferred by the auditor and the treasurer to the fund from which they were taken from the first moneys accruing to the school district after it becomes effective for all purposes pursuant to Section 35534 and before any other obligation of the school district is paid from the money accruing.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 386, Sec. 17. (SB 436) Effective January 1, 2016.)