Except as otherwise provided in Section 55704.5, no contract entered into pursuant to this article shall be operative until it has been submitted at a general election or at a direct primary election to the qualified electors of each local agency that is a party thereto and receives a majority of all votes cast for and against it at that election in each local agency.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 56, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)