§ 405. Conveyance of property to public corporations. In addition to\nany other power conferred or possessed by virtue of any provisions of\nthis chapter, the board of education, trustee or trustees of any school\ndistrict may convey any school site or lot and the buildings thereon and\nappurtenances or any part thereof, provided that title to any such\nschool property is in such board, trustee or trustees, and when no\nlonger needed, either without consideration or for such consideration\nand upon terms and conditions as such board, trustee or trustees may\ndetermine to a public corporation, as defined in the general\nconstruction law, provided that such real property is to be used by such\ncorporation for the purposes of the corporation or for a public use. In\nany school district, except a city school district in a city having a\npopulation of one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more, such\nsale and conveyance shall be submitted to the voters of the district for\napproval at an annual or special district meeting in the same manner as\nis now provided by law for the submission of propositions. A board of\ncooperative educational services or a board of education, without\napproval of the voters of the school district and upon such\nconsideration as the board may determine, may convey an easement or\nright of way over school property for public utility services to any\nmunicipality, municipal district, authority or public utility. In any\ncity of over one hundred twenty-five thousand population any sale or\nconveyance shall be subject to approval by the local governing body of\nsuch city.\n
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