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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorablr f. E. Yitoholl
County Attornry
Call8han County
Nalrd, T8188
Dear Sir: cjplnion No. 0-636
HII
Tour rrqurrt for opl
ruliy oonrldrrrd by thir drpar
qU88t 88 fOlbW8:
mon Sohool 8nt SOhO
cause and sincr the
d nart Common :iohocl
County Judga a poti-
nunbar of oltizsns
aylng ror an alaction
riot with anotiiar ccn-
hool 5istrict.
8~ 0r thefact that the validity 0r the
lotion Of tha County ibard Of bU8tW8 ha8 IlOt baon
rin8iiy dataralnrd, 18 it PraDd8tOrf upon tin oountp
judge t0 Ordar the l1 8OtiOn iOr oon8olidstion 88
prayad ror in 8UCh p8tltion7 An enmar to thir
quastlon would be a;praoi9trd.”
kkmrdbl8 'r.d. dItOhOl1, kSg8 2
9::.
hate sl8o raorlrad iron on8 or tha attornsys In
tha district Court- OC88 8 lOttar 8t8tiW thr Oa88 Wi38 apl:aalad
on a CO8t bond and 8nOlorFne. a COPY Of th8 jUdgm8nt in the
dI8trIot oourt 0888. be, howrror, tlttsOk IlO p8rtiOti8r 81g.
niriorn09 to thr abaractrr or 8~~881 bond girrn in the 0888.
Artlolrn 2?22a and 292200, vlrIlOIl’8 JUUlOtitad 1+81C18
Civil Satuter, read 8e1 follow:
-Art, 29228, Authority to IskblIrh
"In ccch or&lrad aoMty In thi8 Sata and
In
. any oountp which
_-~ shall horrrft8r
. _- . be organlzad,
?%I OOUL’,y sCrP?o1 %rURt888 Smll iP3-e th0 UUsaOr-
ity to form ona or mcra rural huh oohool dl8-
triot8, by grouping contiguour oommoa 8OhOOl di8-
triOt8 harlng 1eIl8 thrll iOUr bUdrOd 8ohOla8tiO
POpU~tiOn end ind@D'3nd@nt 8OhOol di8ttiOt8 hariag
188s thea tW0 hll!ldr@dand fifty 8OhOl88tiO pO9U-
18tiOIl iOr the pW9OC8 Of @rtabli8hill@ 8nd Opar8t-
Ing rur81 hbh 8ohool8, provIUrQ 8180 that thr
oouaty 8ObOO1 tIU8tW8 My annaa one or inor* OOO-
00~ sohoal dl8trlots or on8 or non Iadrprndrnt
achcal district8 herin@ lase than two hwldrrd and
rirtg scholastic population to a ooamon sohool
di8triCt baviI%s ?CUr hUndr8d or mxa eChOla8tiO
populatfw or t3 83 Indrpendsnt diatrlot hering two
hundrrd md iiftl Or aOr8
8OhOla8tiO p39Ul8tiOn
upon titsapprove1 or the board or trurtrrr 0r 8aoh
#Oh001 dirtrict aff8otod; prorldod that vhra OLU
or mra commoncohocl k!IjtrIot88re 80 lnnoxod
to a cmmn cohool. ?lstr:rt ha+?= four hundmd
or more Rchol8atlc population, or to an lndepend-
ant district hsviri t-o hundred 2nd fifty, or more
acholaetlo population, as the ca8e may ba, a board
Of tTli: t6df: sAh.?l:I be sleotad tro.3 the district at
lsrgs 5~1 ;rizll hnva the mtina~oment anti control
ti;f t;i3 .':qtl'ic: I:: s::largsduntil the timu for tha
next election 6na qualltloati~~ne of trustees fcr
co~illon ?n:: indeperdozt districts, ~8 rrovi;ed by
tCsns:a: ia-+;. -~rovldaa that the oounty scnool
trustees ~,hall h>?e the authority to sholish e
rural hlg; achocl district on a petition alwed
by a %sjorltg of ths rotera of each elementary
dlstrlot oo~posing thr rural hi&h school district
and rhan such 4lstrlct h3 I! bean abolished the els-
::sntar? Elstrl:?: &all ~I:to~z~t?c.ally revert bscx
.
Honoreblu F. 3. Hltebell, her f
to thslr or~lxml etatur, -ith th0 @IoOptIOn tbst
In tha stoat them
.sm eny outatandlng Indrbtrd-
nraror lgalnrt the raid rural rohool district raoh
rlrmrntary dlrtrlat rhall l88uiw It8 prOpOrtIc;nal
part of thr drbtr. bt8 1925, 39th L.8,. D.2;;A,
~JJ.S’ ;0;&1927, AOth UC?, 18% 0. s., PO ,
. .
"Art. 2922a8. hl8Olid8tiOn Of ?Ul’@l hieh rob001
a0 8 r 0 8 I3II 00
‘irrd
wProtidrd any Rural ii@h Sohool Di8triat al-
ready rormed tmdar thr prorlrlonr or thlr law m8y
GUl8OlId8tr with 8IL OOnt:&UOUr bO3LIDDn Sohool Dt-
trlot II 00 8n @18Ot I on briw hrl6 in the rraprOtit8
di8triOP81 8814 d88tiOa t0 b8 hr~ldin OOCifOrplity
Wit&b Artid 2806, f&Vi884 oltil ?trtUta8 Ot 28X88,
1925. UpOn 8Wh OOlUOlid8tiOB 881d Il8W1y ioWd
di8triCt 8h811 t8h th fOro. Of 8814 RUE81 iii@&
i&o01 Dlrtriot and br ~ovanud b th8 Bo8rd of
TrWke8 Or 88id hr8l ii h SOhOOi DirtriOt, and
shell brOotaa 8 part of 8a 14 d Rural El&h Bohool Dlr-
triot for all itltM4t.8and pUr 08a8 a8 though it
wro orlglnallr a p8rt or 8111% dirtriot. PIWT1C.d
th8t in oara of 8Ily outrt8ndIng boadrd indobtrd-
ll@IL In lith8r 0r reid dI&trIctr 8II rlrctlon 8ba11
br hrld In ooniornlt~ with the korral Lar govom-
rohool dIrtrlct8 to drtrraiar rbrthrr or not
88 d bu~on Sob01
‘7 Dlrtrlct or Rur8lfiigh Sohool
A8trIot sh811 limm8 th r lr prorat part 0r such
II3drbtrdnOrr. Protldrd, howovor, th8t 88id eon-
nolldatlon above rrrrrmd to rhall not beoom0rrrct-
lte until after tbr slaotlon adjuatlq, the bondrd
Indrbtrdnrw. .sad in oa8a 6uah al8otLon tails to be
carrird ttr ooneolIc!atlon shall be held for naught
snd such districts shall ro,zain In their orlglntl
etl3tull. Added Acts 1937, CStb Log., p. EL5, ch.
hl4, 8 1.”
:Articls 2806, Varnoa’a .?nnotatefi 7sms Civil -kit-
utee, reads in part a8 i%ll~s:
'On tbp8tItion or tusnty i20) or 6 !naJor-
ity Of
th. 18ga~y QU8lifid Total8 Of each Of
several oontlguous lnddrprndrnt I ohool districta,
862
BMOr8bl8 ?‘. B. )11ltOhrll, ?q8 4
pl'8yingfor th8 0088Olid@tiOn Of 8uCh di8triCt8
for 8dbQO1 ml’pO8*8, tb OOUItty#l&O -11 188W
II). O?d8r ?Ot M vl.OtiOIl tOb8 h8ld QII t& 8-8
day in r8ch 8UCh dirtriot. . . . c1 8ChOO1
di8trIot# my ia Ilk8 -8r b0 Oon801idated
vlth OOnti&fUOU# indamnd8nt 8CbO1 dirtriOt*. . .’
hl? 1ett.I'8t8t88 tht -t COqOIl 8OhOO!$ Dia-
triOt bU ~?‘.8~8tnd l mtitio lr iOv 8On8O’lid&ior Vith
MOth8r OOOt%#UOU8 di8tl’%Ot but VOUr lOtt@r 18 8ilUit l8
to vhetber th8 otb8r OO~t@lOU8~#ohOOl dI8trIot M8
llkWi8. pl’88Olh.d l.p OtitiOSl in 8tatUtOl7 iOm t0 OOn-
OOlidbt@ Vith tb 8Ut 8ObO1 di8triet. ObVioU8ly, ,if
Otif tb bI't 8ObOO1 di8ttiOt p F 888B tUil WtitiOBl ah
bUmty Judga rotid not b. WthoPi88d to Oti1 l Oon8011d8-
tiOZl l18CtiC%L
!iWITOC, if th8 fbOt8 8W that both o? the con-
ti@OU8 di8triCt8 bT8 pn8ont.d WtitiOW in CW liMOe
vlth th# qtdUt.8 8 problem vould lrI8a. 0bviOU8 P 7, tha
FiVOtti Wiat in ruoh l -ttW (UdOP tb l8Wd ?8at8
8bOT8) VOud h t&O hgti 8atW Or &Pt cOrOII 8OhOOi
Dirtriot. &d b8 8hOm by PUP 18ttW, t& qU88tlOlS Of
Vh8thor th8 hna8xation of mrt diltriot to ?utnam Dirtriot
~88 void or 18881 vhIl8 pb888d oa by th dl8trlct court
has not yet barn finally decldod inammh aa the case
V88 8pp81d urd 18 noV pending in tha Court Of CiTfl Aip-
psal8.
Sin00 the lOga 8t8tUE Of &II-t COEWIiOnBChOOi
Dimtrlct is nov before the rppellata court, this deyrtment
cannot categorically decide the question propounded under
the additional &rrumed facta.
Eovwor, vo lr8 laolined to th8 tier th8t since
th8 d*OiriT@ -d PiTOtd Point b tb Mtter 18 b?OM the
Court of Clvll App8rlr It vould probably b8 the better
count for th8 Count7 Judge to nFral.n rrom calllng the
.
.
Pmomblr 1. P. Illtcholl, ?q. 5
eonrolia8tlon rlootloa unlera muulammod to do 80 br a
court of ofmpdult jurimliotlon.
rourr vrry truly
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion