TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
Xowrablo f. A’. Trimbk
Firs1 A8~lStmt
Stat. Supuldonduit ol Public lnetratioa
AusU8 11. ToRna
Gpialon Blo. 0-6813
61.r PbpYlo~ of traupor*uoR
aId ordrr Rue1 Aid 0111
(SW. 1 d Art. 1, chap. 341,
Acts 1945. Rq. ala.) on
SchdUUcr Of Altom Indo-
peadmlatSehoot rmtrlct CID-
tracted to a~larton smd6pa&b
ant Bcheol Dlatrtct.
Yo u r r ec entc o mmuniu u a a to th l.dOp u tm6d r ea d8 l *
rollasr
‘Uadrr tk protisio~ d Artlclo 1. Sec(ioa I, ol
8. d. Ho. 167; aa Act eL the 49th La&el*twe ‘All lbaoi
dtetrlcts Lntbta rbto rhlch have rocdvad traasper@-
Uoa aid ealy am & traruportetloa budget, dwia# the bl-
lIr r Ja lnd4 m Aug*rt 31. 1HS, wwltbntalluu# ray a#
the provbiona d my procodla~ or 8uibsoqwat prevl810a
of thlr Act. a&l1 bo l?t&Iaed to recaiw tka - qpa
ef aid wblch lt formerly received te t.tmeuterpt of Two
Dolhro ($2.00) per month per pupil en puptls aettily
trubsported who llva twe md oakwlkslf (24) mlka or nor0
fr o m lc&ool te rhlch they ue t*Uuportod, peovldod
th e
it can rhcn truuportetion budeet4rg md thrrlor,’ Uw
&.lsrlon $ehool Distrkt ruatvor trwuportdon bid oaky
o n *tud*a W wh o l o trmmported more thoa 24 rail08
from sr;&ool.
‘Follewtm# tb provlaioms of ArUclo VIll of the &et
momtleaod above, the 8oud of Tmmters of the b~lsston
Independent S&o01 Dtstrict ceatrreted wttb thr Altoo la-
dopodest School Dtrtrlct. The ctam~s roll& 4 the two
Hewnhlo T. b.’. TWnbl.. ps@e 2
Ustrlctm kn bmmrcombhod. tbmpr up10 lp p Or -
uo R m o *d b o th
uo tr lets
a nk la s
#o dto th h
a ’l8-
sloe ldrpwlomt School Dlstrkt. s& tbs Los& temes
of both dlstrlcte we turned over to madm&dnlstuod
by the rocelvla@ dlotrlct.
‘IO rll respects tbs .cklldron of the Altor briepemd-
l*t school Dbtrlet kvo boea consLd.red, for the durm-
es08 of the eoer8ct. &a students d tha h*lsalom hdepelld-
*a dcbol Dlstrlcl, In fl~urlahg t&e traasportauoa 8ld
which tha b-Irolom Wepmdent School Dbtrkt la to r*-
calve from the hte ICqusllntlon Fund, my;IH comald-
l tb t.. lsrloa ladopendoat School Dlrtrlct es lthrwd
for the lchool par 194%1946 through cosdr8ctunl s@ree-
mud with thmAltoa 1ad.peSulemtSchool Dlstrlct. sad
my trauportntloa std only be peld 01 the Altoa prplls
at tha mm0 bmslmlo for thmpeplls 8t the b~lsslor Iado-
peadert *hoe1 Dlatrlct under the tenms J Artlcle I,
Soctlon 1. qwtod abow. l * l”
Ia lu Oplaloa No. 0415% approved Sopbmbu 24.1942.
w h e ld t sondhg Uatrlet
th a l ws mot dostroyod by tbo trmamfmrti
its emtlro lchokstk larollmeJ to mothor dlotrtet. Tb traamfor
dents of tke rocelvlq dbtrlct ‘luehr as the paymeat ai trrupmr-
tatlom al4 l* coacerad.o ‘(Udoracorlry l*pliM)
fho Core@84 opblon was ksod on the Iollowiq hctsr
00 do mbor 10. 1941, th shsti11n @depede* School
~lrtrlct ln 8e IF Couty ceatrscted its lrtlrr luo llmoto a the
t Belt00
Iadqoadoat School Dbtrkt ln uld C-WY. Aftor uld opl8ba wu
rondorod, lt doveIo+d that prior to August 1. 19dL twe prpils ro-
sldly lm uld Shamklla Mstrlct wuo. by peroti lpplkmtiom, trams-
ferrod to Salado, atso l Boll County scbeol district, e trmmmfor
vu offoeted la lc eo r da mewltb tko provlsleu ef ArUclo 2696.
Yumm’* Anwtatod Clvll stntutor.
Re lrdisg the st8tus ei -1d twe peplls, w hoU la Cspla-
lor No. 0 -J is-A. approved October 7. 1942. tkt thq wuo mt
residents 04 the Bolt08 district for say pupore. The sr~rtt*
wa s th a thdr
r ea so n t umes wuo ut ma th a luo Ua ea t0lth e
Sbnklir Dlmtrlct lt t& data of comtrmctuml
trmrfer to Belton.
Our Opldoa He. 04916, lpprwod Octeber 22, lH2, held
t&t the coatrrctlry reeoivi~~ dlstrld beeomos the house distrkt
ofIu*- ceuaYo ro11s Y sand4 dlstvlct ‘haotu es se
syme~ et t.%sportatloa &d by-orned.* (Underrcui~ sup-
ad) the next to t&e l&U pmagnph OI wld oplmba roads as fol-
LW,*
wsy lffoct the rlaht
‘Thlr cos~~lusloa would. la OLD
ad power ta treader endor the seaera law. ld w&d
la ao my vWls+e y em& trbnfu. ke ArtlaIr 2b94,
Vemom’s Annotated ClvU Ststutes. It would effect only
the wmtly of tr*msportetlemaid. !a other words where +
s traufer 1s anode rad the census rolls combined radar
Sactloa 2 a Article VUX, transportatloa ald may not be
gnated for l upll on such rolls w&olttemdsl pade Ir
l school d&t rLt other th8a the rorelvl~ Ustrlct umder
the transfer lgroecnoal lf sech Iredo km bqht ln the re-
eel*trl dlstrkt. Sectlom 2. Article V. K b. 284, Act*
47th La&. it. 8.”
Reerdlw the bounduSes of csatractlrg recelvlIpI dlstrlcts.
their effect q unoeat ef tr~porWloa eid, tbe followly parr&rrphs
are quoted from OplrJoa No. O-I%@-Ar
‘It 1s to,& royetted
thet tke ~e~lmleture did wt
lxpre~o its Lahation moro cteuly In ArUclo S, Sot-
lion 1 of C& tar 373. Actr 48th L.qisl*tor*. whuetn
l* for& the PolloWl* layul.1
“...provldodfurthertMteilsckoo1Ue-
Mets colacr(~ oae buadrod sqeue mile0 d
tertitwy or mere or hu Iem thea me (I)
lmmoreted scholsstlc per square rnlie may
rocoivo m rW&rsUJ Tw~-flve CMI
($23) per m3oti per pupil es tr*oepo*Uon
lU wk o a th e m IS l wed do wa therotor U
.p +Tib d herelr.‘
-Evidently tke te#shture kd la nrlad the ova
to be served and Ud met tatend te restriot tbo lpplfca-
Uon of the proviso to leaally crested lehool districts.
‘There wodd be ,m soed rusea to my tLt 8 dls-
trlct cortrldng 100 sqlure mile8 my receive $L.LI
per mooth per pupil sad t&m to uy that lf such dlstrlct
coatmete te teach lll of the pupils roUdly la rddl-
tlorvl woe of $0 squsre mller. the recelvlag district
W receive 0rIy $1.75 per month fer trsnsportlag the
pupils resldtn8 la such ldditloasl territory. it Is l
.
mbk 1. M. Trlmbk. -8. d
r u leo f c o ~~tr u c tlo ~that U l atabatelo unblpouo ad
1s suscepttble d two meambqsa oau d rblcb l*~loglul
a ndr o m~b le ld th other leada to aa abauUty,
t&t rnw vueh la &qlcal ua ieaseuble will be
Ip vo a Il.wo th la l c eutr u c u o svhlc b vo a u udt
the rppUcrtLw et tka st8tute to re@uly croatad mchool
dlotrteta would lead toar ab@uUv. We tblak that the
le~slrrture latetiod k make the proviso applicable to
up tmcbly ualt roprdboe a8 whathw lt b l censol-
ldate4 Ustrict, w l district grouped by the CoruJI Scheol
Boudo8by~Wideoatrut.
“Ulr~relethettkelnte8tiemJtbetel(s-
k tue.
o nc e
luiuWna d.
L th e
b v.’
Lo a m
8hr flu Co. v. Strto, iS3 1. W. (U) Ml492
(SW. c-4
‘We roaffirm our prevlouo k&Id4 h oplnl0n No.
O-1740 that the trammfer of W tire lcbolmtlc onroll-
~memtd-8 m& coutttute a ceuolldatbm d the ho Us-
tr lete,b ut
o p b luNo . O-574is 0mo dUled to th elx to mt
that ve hold that the teglrkture htwhd to provldo
th 8tlty toultry umlt coatalnlq 100 ywre mllee or
mu0ma ync o ivoenldlti~l SO# per meWh per pap&
fw trrnspertMloa rid her tkuo ls a med 8hwn thui-
for a8 pmwtdod k the Stata Ald law, reprdles8 d
‘whether the UstHcta are vouped by ceruoU4aUen.
by ltloa d the Cow&y She01 Baud or by nlld eoa-
tMcu: ” -
The truidu k ktlre dlstrlcts by coatnet uo aovorned
by slmlhr, lf sot ldo&lcal. provlrlo~ of the Rural Aid bU& of the
47t4 40th ad 49th Lo@dduree. Tke oome la-1 prlmctfles apply
te rnd rootit from -etaal tumdu8 df*ctU wdu etthor of
uld bl1ls lmdu u tnnsm#ar a&d Is eucerud. Yew qao8e
Uon6rom~i SoctWalotS 1) N A07 4VthLo~dMue,lm
verbatim, W whl mt k rep&tdln”~ &alon. The hagear
quoted la claw Ua uabmbl
tract*1 l~eemert. Tbo area servo&by the hils8lon DlMrlct 1s
#ufid, but tke Dletrtct lo aot. SabJoct te tbls quallflutlwn, aad
provtded forther. J coaroo. that the h~issloa Dlstrlet can show
tru~~portatiom budgetary need re~rdlq the Altem pplls. the qws-
tloa submlttod ls lmsvered 1s the rttlrnuttve.
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