Section 85244 - Orders for payment of wages and payroll orders for employees not in academic positions(a) Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders for the payment of wages of employees employed full time in positions that are not academic positions shall be drawn twice during each calendar month on days designated in advance by the governing board of each community college district to which this section is made applicable. Labor performed between the 1st and 15th days, inclusive, of any calendar month shall be paid for between the 16th and 26th day of the month during which the labor was performed, and labor performed between the 16th and the last day, inclusive, of any calendar month, shall be paid for between the 1st and 10th day of the following month. (b) The governing board of each community college district that has 5,000 or more full-time equivalent students (FTES), and the governing board of each district with less than 5,000 FTES in a county with a population in excess of 4,000,000 persons as determined by the 1960 federal census, shall make this section applicable to the board, whenever a majority of the employees of the district employed full time in positions that are not academic positions petition the board in writing to do so. (c) The governing board of a community college district that has less than 5,000 FTES, other than a community college district situated in a county with a population in excess of 4,000,000 persons as determined by the 1960 federal census, may, on the petition in writing of a majority of the employees of the district employed full time in positions that are not academic positions, make this section applicable to the board.Amended by Stats 2005 ch 654 (AB 1646),s 31, eff. 10/7/2005.