OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
gonorrble Xr Me TrMlr, Pirrt Arrirtuat
8trtr uuperintubduAt
of ruolio Iaotruot10a
Austin, Tour
ot which har'
8 rohoola for
ral4tit. to the fcll~ai~qj
rOqU4Dkd t0 46TiBe t:iO
~PdOat 8chool Dlatrlct
a mu'plur of State and
) 8ft.r thmr h8TO oon-
or 4 period of right montha.
your 0pmoR u to whether,
rlJrl8 of8897 or the
Artlolr
Gtatutrs, thlr aurplu ma7 k
8 p4ymnt on the outmuadlng
bonded indobtednrrrof thr rehool dlrtclat.1 "
Artlob 2027, Rerlred Cltll St&tutra, 1926, nqdr
u follw8a
lThr publio f'zw rohoolfun41&all no tba
oxpondmdexcept for the followingpurpo~or:
wx'abl. T. if.Triable, pa;, .+2
'1. Tb 6ktO Uid oo\mty aWlabl@ iwd#
‘ha bll
eused
lxolurlre4 for the pa lnt ot
mohem~ and ‘uporintondontl~ rrlu 7"
.I) f0.r
for taking an rohol~8tio OwmU‘# aad lntrrert
OnBOM~bOX'XWWd 011BhOPtthOtO W w1Ui.B
ef 6oaoh.m and when thwr
euporlntead‘ntr,
raluler brow dw beion tb.a
aohool funda for
tlw oamont yur beoomo rvall~blrJprovided thaC
no loans for the purpo88 of paymoat of teacher8
rhall k paid eut of fundr other than them. ior
the thon O~Jrlwrdi yeare
"9. Looal rohool fund8 t’rar dlrtrlot tue8,
tultlon Se08 OS pup118 not ontitledto irae
tuition wad other local aouroe~my be wed for
th8 purporor rnumentrd tar State end county
fun48 and for purah~ring lppllano~sand suppllar,
for the pqaent of inouranorprmluw, jaltore
ubd other buployor,for buJlng r&o01 rlter,
buying,bulldinguxd rsp8lrlng end ranting 812~01
how.‘, and ior other purpose‘ neorrruy ln t;?e
oonduot of the pubI& eohoolr to ba doknalned by
the Board of mY.tee‘, the aooountr and vouahw‘
In Ada8 vs. 36 s. 1. (21 128 on reherring
taq 0
ue8ti0n
0~
r80l
Ml108
u S* I. (2) 2r, 0r WJ&S stat0 ~m,b
able funda f*r oonrtruotionof rohool bulldlmgr we8 ooneldar-
rd by the comalrrlon of Appeal& It wti h.Ld in t&t oa8e
thet, when tho Stat0 availablefund8 zero sufflolontto
mbtaln thm rehoo1.r OS the dlatriotfar llghtmontb, aad
lravo a rurplur,thr rewlnl~ acne;l oould bo used, uudrr the
544
:-.
wasa prwvlrionr OS Submotion 2 of Artlolr 2227, for bulld-
@g of ‘ch00lhoW.s. It 1s prokbla that if APtlcle 2327 mere-
w adhorleod ueb or the funds for %qlng, building and n-
#& l”s ' it would be ‘uffloIontl~broad to
l l l ‘0h o o lh c na ‘.‘,
mblr, ~8. of ‘uoh .rurpluafunds for rotlrerunt of debts io-
0w.d for those purporor ($80 tow '18~Rookmall IeSIDe (40%.
CUT,App.~ errorrrfurrd) 194 S. Fi.6lQ)jbut the authority
loafurod by the rtrtute sot only Is for %uylag, btilcllng
and
rpair~ 80h00l.h0~808~” but the trU@ke@ era iurthcr author-
ire& to WI rush fund8 "for other pwpo8.8 n.oo‘r~t'y in th.
gonduot of the publIo school8 to be datunalaed by the Board of
~N‘U)~‘.* Fc Would Ob8bma as did the Condrslon of Appeals
h Adsas vea ?!llor (3b 9.w. (2)125) lo ocrnuidarln~ its eimI1~
problca, rhct t&c Board of Wu8toc‘ , la dotermIning the 1;c.eto
k aado d rwh rurplue ruadr -
a I)* l 1s repeolally luthorirod to do al~iioaL an>-
thing deemed nooerrcry In their judgment to lo-
ocuipli8hthe purposes statedIn 5ectlon 1 or hrtl-
clc 7 of the Conctltutlon to the cffeot Cat @a
general dirru8ion of lamwl8~c, talr~~ cucc~#Acl
to the prerrmtlon of the liberty and right8of
the paoplo,It ‘AaU.Cd trr6 kut)of t;?aLe&ilo-
turo of tha State to rrtcblI&h and 14~8 cAtable
provl~lonior the support; 6n.d ~i.ate~~c df iw
Ofri0iOnt.y.cem of public r'rec6c:~oolr.'i*'*9.1)
The lt8tutory &uthorIt~ ccncrralq mc sf mth sur:Aue
Stat. lvallablofunds is thwrforc, la our oplnlcn, br*oa&
lnou&h to pumlt USY of luoh find8 ic ret1rcmrr.tof ten-?ed ln-
dobtadrmrr of l eohool di.~rZoc,.
U8c of roncye dorAred f-am.the oountr lrallablc school
fund Is 1lmIkd by Artlclo 2027, ‘uprar to those purpo8.8 onum-
crated In Subrcctloa 1 oi that rtatuto# neither th8 oonatruotlon
ot bullding nor peynrnt ef uutrtmdiry lwidod indebtedness 1s
Ppong the l&horlred uaae. Mcmryr dorived trap tha oount avail-
lb & funb, &areioN, may not be used to rrtlrr o~tetand1rq
bond‘.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion