Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

490 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honmablo John& Hmv.tlton Dietr%ot Irtt0rA.y Xatador, Texas eccnt date IA rhioh UPOA th0 rOllOTf.Ag 0 acocmpll8hthat 8 X'Of8Z'OIlCO t0 &A indO~.AdOAt a8808808 OOlbct8 it.8 OPAtare8 and 2791, VOI'AOA'8 Annotated Civil Stat- lppoare in Tare Jwlsprudenos, Volume lA alty may by ordlAaAoo make oity tax.8 due ti d@liAQWAt OA different dated than tho88 ihod for ~uaonltaxee. The tact that Us le ing ordinanae flxae au unrsaeonable or lmpoeelb T 8 d&to SOP papoAt doer not affeot It8 valldi~.n Artlo1837S8, VSIWA*S Aauotated civil Statutes, prior %O it8 SmMdmUAt in 1927, pmvlded that the bUStOO Or &A iAdSpAd8At Soboo di8triOt "rhrll iA gSAW&% b8 l WSt8d With ti - WSrS rl&btS Uid dUti88 in X'8e t0 th8 8bblbbJllUit~dAbliTUOf ina SdlbOb,inobd- ing th@ pCWW8 ud &SAAW Of tUtiOA stirf?SS SC&O1JWX'- pore8 th&t -8 OOAfSrred by th4 &US Of this St&t8 WA th0 gorvning bodloe of lnoorporatedOiti.8 and tO8Xlm”. SD. also AHiolo8 1035, lO41, lob8, urd 1063, VWAOA~S Anaohted Civil SktUt~S) YiSSiOA IAdOpOAdoAt Sohool DietciOt,tr h- StWA& 88e 9. %I %ol. This p&d Of btiOl@ 2758 T88 0IPitt.d ln the 8awxdment of 1927. Eo8ewr, w bellow that t&e prip- Oi#m Stiu appuO8 UId that the board Or tPUStOO8 Of rD %tldS~WUbAt S&o01 dietriot &SSOSS~ Uld COllMtia;d it8 OWA t8XSS w 88t & d&k UPA Whioh 80hO01taX.8 beccrmeduo and pyablo diifexwit from that flood for Stats and county t6xee. Soo APti010 7255, VerAoA~e Anuotated Cirll St6tuks. Artlole 8791, Veraon~s &mot&tad Civil Statutes, pro- tld88, in p&Ft, a8 fO11OWS; "%a dietriot tar a680880C &Ad COlloCtOr -11 hay0the ume pouor urd 8hall perronntae aeuu dUtie8 Tith NfWOAOO t0 the aSo4MiA0At Ukd CO)leC- t%OA Or m iOr fW0 SOho PUI'POSOSth6t &pQ SOArOMbd by uW U OAth8 City ~~Shtii Of tiCOr- pOr&tOd tOWA 1 l&a&$88, . . prOOidOd th6t iA Or 'I th0 8tiorOed OOll~OtiOA 0t t&.%86 the board of true- to08 - 08CfOrpIth0 dllth88hiOh devolte UPOA the olgy oouaoll of &A laaorporated city or tolpm . . . i%iS &.FtiOlb18 dearly indiO&tiW that tb board Of tZ?USteoSOf &A iAdO~AdMLt Soho dietriot ha8 thr S= po~r8 With rsiSIWlO0 t0 t&B 88SIhlSWAt Uid OOll~OtiOn Of ku8 &I tha govrm bo6rd of a~ inoorporated oity or tom. l’horo- sOrOe th8 SOhOO1boud My fix dat88 8h.A IWhO tUO8 Win beoauo due aAd doliapueat dlfferaAt Sro~ t&o80 fixad ior gOIl@J'&l -8. ffoaorablo John A. KaUltona ~a #8 If TO UW WOAg in OUP W&SOAbg~ MWr&blO88 WO thdnk that our ooaolu8lo~ la oornet for an ldditlollrii reuoll* ThS SktUtOS Whting to S&O01 ku8 SOAtAfA A0 ~A'oV1810A88 t0 ihrll SUOh -8 brow dU. OP dOliAqu&At. ~OFdOZW,it18 OUIPo&hAthAtit18 UithhthS @AOS'd pow.: an& authority or the board OS tFUStO.8 to nt msh Se0 AI'tiOlOS2788, f377Q18780, 2784, lt SOqep 2791, VWAOibS Annotatiad Ct+il Btattatoe. Se0 Xocollpp~To City of Rbh&rd8oa (Writ of SPCOI dirri88ad), l.813. W, (Rd) 4RS, W!LWSiA it 18 eta-d, *C%t;OS, tOWa ti ~ahO01 dlrtriotr haw the right to SW ad be ewdr eontwat and be oontmot- lIItith and oonduot and ooatml all of its rrralre, partlou- luly their fiA8A8.8 oad taxes”. AOtS 1939, Forty-Sixth LS&Sl&tUW, Rwlrad StatUteS, Ch. 18, ,S. 8. a, NlthOFiSOS A dleoouat oA ad valorem tU88 for tha sar3.ypaymoat 0s some SO@ Arti 70576, 7255b, VOrn0nf8 Annotated Civil Statllt88. Sootloa1 of 5. 5. 4OR pFOVidO8 u fOuOW8l “Au t&Xp4tyere aball ba &UOrrd discounts for thm -at OS twoa dru to tha State md a3.lgowmaentti aad politioal SUbdivisions urd taxing dlstriate 0s th8 Stat*, uld diSOOUAt8 to bm allowed under the following oonditlonrr (a) thrs0 (S$c) per Oeat dl8oountOA UI V&n-em kxe8 dua ti St&t0 or duo any gOVaWAMAt&% or po;Utloa%8~bdlvl8lo~ or taxing dietriotof the State, if euah tUO8 Al?. paid auloty (90) day8 befOX- th8 d&t0 WhOA thOJ rOuld Oth8mSO b- W dSli.IIqUSAt~ (b) tr0 (WY) p.r OSat diSOOUi%t on ad valorulr t8XOS duo th# Stat. W due uq gOV8TAMA~ Ol’&tOlitiO&l OU~ViSiOA OF t&X&q diStZ%Ot Of th# 8ktS if SUOh tU88 &I% plld SW (60) &78 bdOI-0 th0 tit8 UbOA 'h0 IIOtid othsni88 bOoA d.liAqUOAt; (0) OAO (VT POP Mnt dl8WUAt OA ad VrloMI -8 due the State or duo uq gorwmnuMl or polltioal 8ubdlvielo~ Oc fi8ag di8triOt Of &O btha if WA& -8 ISI paid thirty (80) d&ye b.fOrO th0 d&b UhOA t!16y would othaniee boeaw dewuoat. Protldad,horn- lWr# th&t th0 p~0~$8hiA8 Of tbi8 SeOti0A h&u HoAorabi8JohnA. Builton, DA60 fi wt a@y to ItOr &qWOV-t diStriSt8, :XTi- gat1on diStF~St8 18&W dl8trl8k, rator aontrol diStl';OtS, Ud 0 ther gowrzma&al 8ubdlvl8lo~8, Oiti.8, tOaU 8I4d iadS&Wd8Zlt SO&O1 di8triOtS ti.88 &Ad Uatil th. &OVbM body Of SUOb WMtOP kpPOVOG.at diStPiOt8, h’ig*tiOA di8triot8, 1OVSO diStl'iOt8,T8tW ooritsoldiStriOt8, and 0-P &OV- SZ'AB8A~ SUbdiV18f.OAR,dti88, tOWA0, Or iAdO~tUld- ant 80hool dlstriok w ordinuaoo, re8olutlOA or 0rd0~, wa0pt tb8 p~0ti8ionr w00rl md it3 th elWAt Uy SUdW& tOFia p Z’o YU@dietriot, At iX’&&tiOA diStr:St, lUV.8 d$StriOt, S&tOr OOA- trO1 diStdOt, ud 0-r @VOPUMAti SUbdiVtSiOAS, @IQ, tom Of lAdopeAdeat S&O01 district ,OlOGtt t0 a08 SUoh diSOOUAt8, - th8 ~OVWlIilk&bow Of e&oh nta imprO+~At dieti%Ot, md 0th.r &JOotSX'tBMAtti 8UbdiV18ion8, Oiw, tWA OP iAdS&MAd- *At SOhOO1 dietriot, rh13 h&W pOV8r, br th. QX'di- AMOOr FO8OlUtiOA Or Older l.viae - - tU88, to d.et&Aata tie mAth8 :A RhiOh SUah dlSOoUAt8 oi thr.0 (311)par MAt, tmo (z$) per OOAt, 8Ad OAe (l$) per osat roepaotlvsly shall be allotrod, but IA no SV8At 8half t.h8SW &pplf t0 *lit wt Ot t&%88.' Too will not$or that M, ii$, end l$~ddisoount8are al- land for ku8 paid 90 60, ati a days, roepaotively, botore th@ d&to 8whtU88TO&d oth8rrriee b8oom8 drliaqwat. Xou du AOtiOO &bO that th@ rOV%ShAS Of SeOtiOA 1 ahan not apply to indO~OZld8XLt SOhOO P di8triotS UA1*8S pnb WIti the gOYOFQiAg b0dJ (b0d Or w&808) ah&u by OrdiAaAOO, rOSO- lutloa,or order adopt U&8a8mm Lc th8 eahool d~~tr~to~leot8 dirOoauat8 YOU &Sk in PoUr first QUOStiQFA whothor t&O tI'UStO.8 Of u1 iAdOpOAdOAt SOhOO1 diStiis$ hW0 aUthOrltJ t0 pIA & r@SOiUtiOA (a) a0dng tUO8 t0 b0 p&id in th0 ?hO~%ih Of 8OptOdOr, and (b) allowing l di8OOUZlt for dolq so. ‘x0 hvo hsratofaro ltatod that th8 bo8rd may detordw the dater of Eononbk John A. Emilton, -8 #6 payment rod dollnquonoyOf 88hOO1 taX88. %O.fiirSt put Of JOUY qU88tiOlh18, bhOl’.fOn, UI8WW.d in th8 &ffimartlW. If tha board 0r tnut888 hA8 adopt.6 the pl'OV:SioM 0s S*otloa 1, S. B. a 8Ad th0 WAth of SOpt0Ab.r OOLMS Tith.iAOn0 Of th8 porioda b8foXW th0 tuu8 would beo4nu dollnqumt, P&bOO;- ri0d in seotiaa 1, tbe~ our azmwor to th aeooad part 0s HOW first qUeStiOn 18 ti80 in mo &ffh&tiVO. you lmvo fw~lrh8d w a 08rtlfled oopy of a re8olutloA pu88d by WM BOWd Of !LQIMt688Of th8 ROUiW3 SpiXIgSIAdS- pondont,%ho01 DietrIOt OA Sepimsbor 3, 1@4% IA our 80aond qU88tian U 88k ahethor this ro8olutlon 18 nriiio I8At to allow & di88OunF OA ku8 paid in SOptUbU. t’h0 HSOhtion 18 a8 fOuO88 8 "XTRACTS OF A SPECIAL mS¶'Rx) REZD W THEROARING SPR-- SCiiWL DISTRICWS BCARD OF TRUSTIW, on Srptombor 3, 1911, ia ROUlAg sprlAge, TUIS. “Th, !tOUN s$dIQS IAd@wAdOAt SOhOOf DiStl-iOt'8 Board of Tnukee OBAYOAO~ IA Speolal SMS~OA at era0 p.m., september 3, 1942, Ln th8 0rrie0 0s sald Board, -8Y woh memberhad boea rrotlfiadof said moatlag, with the r0u0ing mbu8 0s mid Board Of %'UStMS m-l “0. II. MoDomaa,PI. L. mahall, M. se Thaolceraad W. H. BonA, ThO WIbOrS Of S&id BOud Of mSteO8 I 0. L. BUZ'dOA, P, PO Da-eon md Joha 0. WS. 'Ala- other bUin888 t0 aa~8 b.tOra the aeotiq, the QUOStiOA Of whotbr 00 l¶& p.OUiu Sprin;;rIadependrat Sohool 9letrlot mmld permit a d1roount for oarly pay- meAt Of t8X88 for the y'ur 194P, md 8lla~iq a dls- OOUAt Of 8$ fOr th, PoAm Of I)Opt4dO~, @ for tb month 0s Ootober end I$ for u~8 mAth 0s Xommber provldbg the 1948 t8X88 of said Dletrlot rera,p~d WithiAthOPoAthS Stat8dWithth8 diSOOUAt~W.iZl 8t&tOd,.t88~Otit8ly. "~xotion 888 m8de by w. Lo mrr&ll, and -8 So&o1 sownded by 0. E. Bowa, that the Roulq Sprlngr Indopmndaat Dirtriot Zu Collootor, bo ln- rtruokd to aooept taxem for o8rly pay-nt a8 abow rt&ed UM reerlpt tba pm l8 above 8tated, 8lla th. giYM d%8OOWlt8 th8MfOr. ' "%%w~~MO~ %i0BorrdOfz~~8kO8 MI)& Yotino FOB the 8otiea WMI 8hJl 8 II* se w. La liar Thmkor?%lW.E.BOw.& Y!h@Pakr8 Or @I@ Borrd 0r Tnuteer Yotlng MAI the aotioa WMI wow. !&O m8idMt Or t 0r m8t008# P. &ZE~OX-- mea, the~~n,deotnd tbonotion~rr.dti 8depted.” s8OtiOS 1 Or 8. B. a pM88ribe8 BO rOm 8hOmb~ it8 pX'Oti8ionr~k 8dOptti. I!h#MrOW,80 thhk thOt aX-080. 1UtiOni8 8UrriOiMt ir it 0~ b0 r~Onrbi7 lOWtrinOd tit 8uahprorl8ion8are rdopt8d. smi0n 1 0r se is*402 (bti0b 70676 8nd 7266b) i8 the Urthorlliyunder &-Ah dlaMUnt8 PUJ by UOWd 011 t#hM 02 % ~~ld.Bt #Oh001 di8triot8. ThWO- rtm, UB do not bollen tht a roaolutionmild Nl moral7 be- omaw Sootion 1 oi 8. B. 402, Artlol,70676, or Artlals 7265b i8ZiOt l%&WO881~ 8wO%r%Oda T& rrrolution rubeittod cleu'ly 8hO88 th& ?h@ g\u8t%Ot&Or 8uOdng di8OOUt8 -8 befOr th0 bomdoftmrteer. TiW TS8OlUtiOnnrPr8 th. month8 ia mhloh th8 rirprotlvefi8OOUUt8 rbould bo allowed. Xr the month8 oi September, Ootobor, and Ho~mbor OQY wlthln the re8psotlro period8 befor W dali?iQumo~ d8te of the tuer specified in SeOtiOa1, thOZ& it i8 th. OpiniOnOf thl8 d8pU-tm8nt th8t ruoh W8OlUtbZ.I i.# 8uiriOiU!& Thi8 apirJon 18 UJJN884 wkd t0 thO8*iIId~JXU&deIIt Who01 dirtriOt Whbh 888888 Uld OOllOOt taiJr Om kxe8. A88i8tMt /-- --, \