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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY ,GaERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hpoorable T. bl. Treble
tfirtAmlstant
bMte superktendent ot ku?U,o Instruotion
&&in, T*xrr
war sir:
‘ire have your lette te In whioh you re-
diesolution
of a cons011
results in a
tion of diat
and hold ano d am
only wsldenta
to participate
loaed
TOi- dissolution oar-
ednass have to be eppor-
r part of lndebtednesa.
ority re find in the statute8 for the
idater! dietriot 1s Artiole 2815, Ver-
aon* 8 3avlr which Artlole reads as follows:
Y&oh ocnsclldated districts key in the XUUI
rianner proylded for their oonaolidotloc, be dissolved
and the districts tioluded therein roatorsd to their
Ori~lnal status, exoept that it shall not be neoe8-
sary to provide polling plaoea in eaoh distrlot.
6aoh suoh district when so motored ahall aaaume
hocorabla ‘I’. 2:. ‘Trlmble - Pace 2
and be liable iOr it8 pro rat8 part Or the OUttWml-
he finanoial obligations ot the oonrolldated dlotrlot,
ruoh pro rata part to bo baaed on tho relation the
total asrerred valuation ot all property in the dlr-
triot boar8 to the total assemad'val~ation Or prop-
erty in the oonaolldafed dletriot, as ahown by the
aase8~sht rolls of the distriot ror the current year.
ho eleotlon for the dlsrolutlon ot said oonrolidated
districta @hall be held uctll three (3) years havr
elapsed otter the date of the election at whloh euoh
dietrlota were consolidated.
*on the petition of twenty (20), or a majority
or the logally qualified voter@ of any ooumon aohool
dlstriOt, or independent echool dlstriot, preying
ror the withdrawal rrom 8 ooneolidated dlstriot, it
three (3) years have elapsed after the date of the
eleotlon at whioh suoh dietrlotr were oonsolldated,
tha county Judge rhall give notioo of thj date OS
such eleotlon by publloatlon of the order in acme
newspaper published in the oounty ror tncnty (20)
days prlor to the date on which suoh elsotlona are
ordered, or by postln~ a notice of such election in
the district deolrln;, the tilection. The ComzLsalon-
era’ Court shell at It8 next metlr,g oanvcsa the re-
turne or such alectlon, and If the votes o&at i.c said
dlstrlot ohox a aaJorlty lfi reVOr or wlthdras& tron
the consolldotlon, the Court shall declare the dln-
trlot revered azd it shall be raatored to lto origi-
ral status, iaoh such dlatrlot when 80 restored shall
assume enu‘be liable ror Its pro rata part or tho
outstanding rlnanolal obll~atlohr of the coneolidated
dlatrlot, auoh pro rata part to be baaed oc the re-
lation the total assessed veluatlon of all property
in the dlotrlot beers to the total assareed valuation
of property in th” consolidated dlstrlot, as shown
bg the asrreamant rolla of th; dlstrlot COT the our-
rent year .*
ite do not find any requirement in the atotuta for
my lapse of time when 612 eleotion fail8 with reapsot to when
Mother eleotlon ma7 bd ordered, and you are therefore advised
that another eleotlon my be orderod at any tLne upori the
sonorable T. L. Trtible - $‘age 3
raaentatlon of another otltlon signed by twenty, or a major-
P ty, oi the logally
diatriot dealrlne
qua1Pilod rotera oi the oommon aohool
to withdraw from thu oonaolldated diatrlot,
if three yoara have elapsed after tho date of the oonaollda-
ti0n eleotion.
Only resident8 of the oommon lohool dlstrlot whloh
desirer to withdraw from the oonaolldated dlatrlot my vote
u the rleotlon.
Under the terma or Artlole 2815, aupra, meaoh dia-
trlot when 80 reotored, shaU aBau!na and ba liable for ita
pro rata pert of the outatandlne flnanolal obll~ctlona of
the ooneolldated dtatrlot, auoh pro rata part to be based on
the relation of the total assessed valuation of property ln
the dlatrlot boars to the total asreaeod valuation of property
ln the oonaolldated dlatrlot, a8 ahown by the aaaeament rolla
of the dlatrlot for the current year.”
We regret the delay In anarerlw this requeat ror
m opinion, but the letter was aaalgned to an assistant who
ia now In the ilevy and after hi8 departure it was discovered
anone hla papers and ha8 juet been assigned to the writer,
Yours very truly
ATTOiZNtYGiiLsIUI, Or’T&AS
C. F. Gibson
CFGh Asalatant