OFFICE OF THfi ATl.ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Aonorable T. #. l%mblo .._
Plr*t Asalatant state supers.nten4wt
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Awtb, Texfls
Daar Sir1
be an4 i&e al& ls~‘il&bg iitmitkd M e8 t6 bore- -
after read aa follousr
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"'Itrtlole2Ri5. Dl84olation.
"'(a) epuh aoMollae6ed dliltrlikrr acay,1.n
the 88si dannaT pror14.4 ior their ooa80114etlon
* be dl88olved anC ttr0dirtriata inslud8d tber8h
restored to their orl&fnal 8tatus, erospt that
it i&811 not bs n~owrary to provld8 polling
p~aWI¶!in C&Q& dlrtrlot. Isaiah 8uuh dietriot
Wh@A 80 ?e8t&84 oh811 humane and br liable ia
itr pror8Ca &wt of $ho outeQandla4 ttiaaol~~
obl?~tltrnr of the oonrelldat-+ct amriat. suah
prorata part :te br bm.4 oa tha reletion Ohr
tokl 88or8at3dv~lmtloa of all property h tha
dl&rlot boars to ths tot01 rrro,rad tmlaatiw af
roporty .lnthe oan8olid88md dirtriot,~ 8s ahawn
By the wrrrma8ns roil9 Of thr 41rtrfot ior'thr
ouTTent fwT* Ho l~rotloa for thr di8rolutiao
of ml4 ooasolldata& 418triot.arb8ll.br held.
uatll tbrw ( ) ura havr rlapwd oiler oh8
date ot the 8E 80Tlkoa +t rlrlobreoh al~trlok w~rO
0oaw~atee.
“’ wj Qa the .pitltion oi twwlt~ (#)I, &.a
sajorlto,oS tho lemllr qorl.ifhd totaa8,pf lay
ownon 8Ohoql,hlatriut, 01 in&opoaault 8~Otlael
dl~trlot,.praylagfor t&s yltidrawel fros a ooa-
solldated U3otrIot, if three (3) yeara hale rl8g8d
& ta r.th bsfsta
of th ell.*0tb a %n
wb iubWOb
a ia me4 ~r r e 00ii80udwd.6h 8 00ite~a d l
rh.811glvr no$iro 0r the 48M of saeh also% ton
by ~bllolltloa of thr order 1Ii8018 ns*spmgor
publIshed in the-artuatit for twenty (20) daya
p r io rto the a r t* o nW h lQbr uebll8ot~laa88%G'.
0?4sred, orby @eting l netlo8 of aueh.aleotNa
ia the alrtrlo6 aerlrLn~ the rlrotSaa. 5%.
CaEmhrlonstcl',COart l&all 88 it* Mxt mestirrg
oaara~~ the retursa OS suoh slo~tlixfi, end if
the tot** matt in raid 418trMt ehm 6,aeJoritf
ia f8ror or rlthdymlne ima th4 aon4olldatlorr~
the cam shell 480i8~8~th~ di8tmt rcsmrea rrno
itsahall be re8lmrradto 106 arllrlesl8t8tw.
Qoh roo$idlr?,rist ~whan 80 rbrtorad 8h811 488~40
end be Urbla fc it8 prO?ats p8rt Of tha Out-
#teadia(ttlaanolol ‘obll~#mtionl Oi the OoWOlid~bd
didr,rlot, such pveir8ba pert Do be'b8Ssd oa tb8
selatlw ths total 8*ad448d VdUcltlOR O? 811
pIop.&y in the blt~trlot bwm GO the t&al •~@md
rrluatiaa of prop*rtJr 1~ the aonsolidstcddi*Criot,
w 8hown by the WMk88Wt X0118 Of tht3dm?iOt
for the ~aurrentyeer.t
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Boncmabls T. M. Trisblr 9w* 3
'800. 2, ma frnE E&at tllero iii- 11014Y OS1
the ststutes at tur tilE8 prra:ttln8 tiiis *lthdram1
OS a ~wmom;eokool dlrtrlOC, or inqapsndont rohool
dirtriOt, frOa a OWEOlidabd EabOctlQi8trlOt, and
Zhr datlnito 14ok Of tnlR$portation by th88e ditltrlote
@r*EtWl an 4mreur+ and M iapalrtir,rpub110 a4osrmlty
.tbstthe OOastlt?Aioml kul# requiring bills to be
rod an th?6. 88rsral daya in web Xioum ba 8u~pendmd,
.and Ori4 RXl18 i8 heruby lU8p8llQ@dd 8nnb this &at ah811
t8kE OffWb Wd b8 fil tO.r~OO f&ill Md bitOr it8 pMlta&@
and it i8 80 6ItWtrd.’
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Hondrabla T. Y. l’rlmblr psge 1,
XCthe 0aae of Tlaaale et al. oa. gleorado
M8pandent tlohqolDiatrl0t at al 287 8. W. l&,7, atilrmed
by aa Coualralon at Appeals 3 a. W. (2a) 420, the court
in itatlag~and disouaaing thla rule aalar
?The main question presented under the iaota
ia whether the Laglalature has the power to raduoa
by lpaoial aot the terrltorlal bouudariea 0i an
irdapeadent aohool dlatriot Wting an outat.aadlnn(2
band~in0ebtadnara 80 aa to relieve t&e portion
ragragat6d tram the dab% 68 betwain It and the 016
dietriot, aaQ to place it all upon ~tb.8 ra&ining
portion la uhleh.the laipr6rearaat8 for wbioh.t&
bonda wsre iaauaa ars loo4ted without ita ocmmat,
and uithoat jirarlffla~ Zor on eloofl~ wheqeby the
votor’11 et the .ru~inlag dirtrlat'or t+jorf,nmy
aata~rminawhat&ar they will aasva+.tha ldait%mml
burdsn.’ Wa have oonoludra thattiq Uglalatu.~a
boaa .ha~aAhati porsr , The authodty 35 Cyo. 050,
laya +nm the ~olX~$ng aa the ganti+ r&a with
reteranaa~ tb thla qtisatio+t
.* Ia. the tibeenos .of aome:etcrtuEoryprmlalon
to the.bcmtrazcf ;the gsaersl rule is that,.whea s
part of the tal;ritoryoils s~h~~l.dlatclOt 18
.aeparatthl tr~oa .lt by anqaxat%on to anothar,disfri0t,
or by the oreation of n new dlritrlot,,. th+aU ~4,latiiot
retaining .lte~6yjanlzatio#t,~ such old dfatriutrrtalaa
all of its property gowbla, rlghta, ana pritilegsa, ~5
continues to be r86pOnsibld fOF all lte debt6 aad
li~bllltlaa.'
*It Is elm in kespiw with thr well iatabllshad
aootrlna that the Leglaleture l.svartad with gansral
and plenary .powar t?]deal with politloal subdlvial~na
of the governnimt as it daaiaawise, and that,ita aots
of segregation or division of aohool dlotrlata,ahould
only be daolsrad ~016, where the eats theaselves under-
take by spealfio term to relieve a portionOr anj
dlstrlot 0r 2~3out8tmaing bona 0bllgetloq ror, days
Goolayt
** Ilsstralnton the legislstlre power of cOfitZti1
must be found in the oo:.stltutionof tha Stata, or
they must rest.alonc in the Iegislat~Ve diaomtion.
xi the leglsletlre aatlcn in theee 6a~sei3 operatea~
lnjurloualy to the mnioipalities Oi tb ifidiVidual6,
the ran&y is not with the @ourtat th8 ~60Wt6 $aVs no
potffert:-interfere, and the people muat b,a10Oked to
to pight;throu& the b&lot box, all these WoWa,'?
&rtlo&t 28lSi P.A.C.S.;aa anao%eU by tha 38th
La~lalaturc,Tbl&l C+ll6d Saralon,grddaa TOF the
ataaolutlon oi rahool dlatrlota. Thla atatuta was dla-
ooaard et l6neth by th6 Court sf Clrll Appc~Le of Esjaat-
land in the uaa6 at C%arollA~tad Who01 Dla~~lct 80. 5
rr;rood, 112 B.S. (24) 231 writ c? awor dlaalsaad.
XJI commentingCE tbs autlmrjt~ of the U@rlaturr to
ar;cict Bhfrs :stetct& ..ShBrrnur$ ~148
‘In the dlatzlbutien 01 the powerr at
eovcrwmeat i9to thrar Uietlnat departmash a18
.madeBy the Crmtstlk~~loa, ,Ahh+iormatlan ad
atrmla8loh or mhgQ1 4irtrlutu @aarirklr to the
l~~lslatlva'drpartaxatit. i .It auaaot b*, quastlxmd
that th6 l,a4lalrCurmosalbby ganoral lrr hers
prmidml, 1~ -rftmt fvr +4 oocumlldatlon of 1.
%lkethw ‘~d&el~lWi .bam~: Lnt6il~4 or 00ttlU
haw earbrbllrlaa4 thoao dtatrlo~~ ait & Eke
tarrMory Ot Uha oonmllditad sW8trlob dtWot ‘~ ’
the aistwor: ok~power8 .of aeoh dk*triot,,to$e(t’
in any s0~i5rr diagwdmt upa thr maul- ot
any elaotim. Tks l.dbuisPatura ia poridSng
fOF th8 6i&OtwW fS%raCmOlid6tlOfi~iUi&
dlrrfalctS#oharaby daly6btrrB a part oi the
'la&~a.latiro power ta thi .wslltfad tat&a OS .:
the Ui~uriOU. It tbe dcrlegtloa ot pol~tloal
pouda la made in wok3 term8 $8 to ahow that’
lt fa 00 bo oxorolaul in 15pr6aoFlba4 mmwr, _
the amuter in.fro& the very natlirrof th6 oalo
a quallltloetlonor liuitrtlan upwl tit8,ottMti+r
exwokse of tka d*lrgetaU poua*a. *as $k*. ‘; ‘. ~.
1,eglalaturs, lnatasd OT dlraotly crsat~r\~8OhOOl
dirtrlota urd ~iaraating. thec with such WUO~
and aubjast to aaOh llmlfatl~asas it WJW.,fit,
enrot t?iat~nuoh dlatriatr may ba QFet+d and
: poaoea~ eaytrrln jxmera t%epMdBnt upn tha
remulte ot elaotiesrr to be pat~t&aRod Pa,
ordered snd held snd teanlb8 4eOl8~6d, ln
$W68Otf?Md WB. 68ah 8t*$ &M18OPthd @6@#tttC868
o oondftlon upon ahiah t& dsla~atl:sIC@ its
powr 16 mde stPaotiva.*
proan the suthtrfttaa altad we ti::fnk
it 18
the wall %%ttl%d n&l% in Tqx%8 that the Lo&irlatU.Pe $8
'nuthorl~ld tc,#?tawlba ror th8 ccfiSQlfd6tii;~lk s&d di08*1U-
tlen of sohaol uistrlota. Z$rrhfa aaw wthallty it nrw
provldn for ts4 wlthdrerrl of BB orl~ln~d dirrlrfctfrom
t&e amsoliQ%e4 dlatri~otia suas pr:resuribsd way 68 +t
aaoi8sWL.96.
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m0w0r0. it IS th0 0pian 0r thtr depart-
-t that one or the original dl8triata Fo l a o nr o lida tio n
ng vitmuv h-08 the aonrolidation, vithout the approval of
a njor%tg of the qtdfrm voters of the entire aomolibs-
tbu diem, 0~00 though the badhg~ r0r vh10h th0 mtm
oonsoli~tod dirtriot lms boon bon&d mer k Xkbaatedin .tlao
vi tiivlrwm biatriat, HOVO~~~, th0 tithdmw 0r on0 0r thr,
I 0plgaml dirtriats rmm aha aon8olldatvd dbtlriot 4008 not
8rrm the rtatur of the renl.ah$,area as a aonrolidatod
Urtriat, vhlah d.l*triat retain8 its tom of~organirrtion,
property, rlghtr, and prlvllager belonging to, ,tb, dlrtriat
before suah vithdrm?rl, laaluding the raheol ~bu%lding oC8uoh
@drlat jihough it ng be loo&ted vlt4in the boua&riev or
\ t&e vlthtlrwlng dirtrikt.