OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
U.ey 16, 1939
Donorable R. 2. i'oreman
County Uditor
Ssfferaoa County
?jeaukont, %mas
Derr sir:
y S, .QS9, In whiah
tJaa rdlwhg
l-u er an eloation for
triofr or 1088 th8n fire
the tr wteu o fleh
au of ArtIalaS948 and
8nd alerks in aoud& trustee
sa# per hour QYor CIme 8s pro-
be pala 41.00 per 68~ 88 pra-
8s. 9ledIon8?
8 BOt applloabls in l jo inti
ll88tion
8 urd OOOnt~ SOho tl’Wt888~, 18.it pSr-
$it@8
lo tkio&r$jer~oOlsxKm8ebeol dlstrlot
0 properly aanduot the ele8tIon7
8ti@U -8 umWslW&
by this Depwtmnt In
4 nprfl El, SW, by blcum R. Led8
written
to the ftcmorable E. D. till, a oopy of *hIoh 1s enoloseQ hsr+wlth.
In that oplnion it uan held th8t In truetss slaotIon8held In an
independent school dlatrlct of lose than five hundred sabolartlw,
the badp rbfch rrhoul+doaxwah8 the returns, dealare the remit, and
tS8Ua the COmaniS~iQtlnS to thS tTWtbO8 e~eote8, IS the QOiSWiUiOIk(ll'S*
oourt of the county in which the slaatioa ie biela.
..
Art:clc 2676, hevised Civil t~tatutes,proriecs for the
&cction of five county school trustees elected fro= the county,
"one of whox shall be elected fro3 t&t county at large by tke
qualified voters ot the common end consolidated fndepekent school
~:strlate or the county, end occ from each coz~4ssiorl~r*sprccitct
who stall hold office for e tern: of tvro years." This hrticla fur-
ther provides:
"The tfse for suah elcctionshall be the first Saturday
:n qrl) of each year; the order for the elcctlon cf county
school trustees to be usde by the county Ju@e at least
thirty (30) days prior to the data of said election, and
8uah ONOr shall de81 te one rotlng place for aaoh oom-
Ean SOhO blatriot. .r 0lleotlon offloer sppo%nted to
hold the eleCtiOn for tTU8teO8 in 0a0h OolDlDoIIschool d18-
triot 8bball hold the elsotion at the sante plaoe therein ror
the oomnty school trussto+.* ,_
Artlolle Z746, Beolmd Civil Statutes, aa amended, which
~ppllam to 8o#!aum school dI8triot tm8tee sleotions,provide8, In
QUt, a8 fOlhW8:
"Said trustsem mar appoint three pcrraonafop each
rotl.n&box of the district who 8Ir8U,be ~aalIfie4 rotera
Of the dlstriot asd who ohall hold stmh election8 an4
m&c r8turn8 thereof to said trU8tU8 dthln five 8ayo.
atftmraueh eleotion, and 8aId permna ahall receive @s
C~ctwfiOR for their 8O~~iOe8 the 8M Of $l.~'&i&i:.
to be paid out of the general fuad of the county LD.wIah
8aid elUtiCn Wet8 helAd,"
ATtIole 277b, ~vl~sdClril SttatUt.8, pror%diiS tbdt el8ation
offi&d8 ror school trtmt00 CSh&&3Zt8 in independent school bin-
tfi&i8 sh&l XXW.iv6 one dollar for their 8enlCe8.
Mtlcle 2945, Title WJ, Election, Revload ClvIl Statutea,
to whloh you refer, provldse that *judgecl and olerka of general and
8~0Cial eleotlona *hall be paid $S,oO 8 day eacth, and So# per hour
for any time in exoeae of a dey*s work'as herein def%neQ."
lt has been helQ that aahool trustee elections are general
elections but the pVovJolon8 of the Terrell ileation bra apply
oniy where them la no speclfla provisions in the Lawa ralatiag
to aohoole covarlng the same @abJeot zcattsr. Schen v. Telfer,
(T. C. A. Austin 1934) 74 S. ii. (2&) 929.
in c~:swerto pour secord question, you me advi~.edzirat
election cfficials In ~cbool truotee electiLrk, notr:lth.stending
they a;160 hcl(i t&z hicctlon tar county trusteee, should be paid
fl.00 each for their servlcea.
-ith reterance to your t!k-d queatlon, we rerer you to
that gart OC Artlole 270% whict: applies to'ooGlconaohool district
trustee electlons aad, tkerefore, edrlre you that the trustees mep
appoint three persane fsr each Voting box of the district rto
s&all te ?aid fl.00 eect for their sorrloes.
‘la armlose herewith aopfea of opiniona Hoe. O-100 and
0479, whloh deal hlth related questloxm and tay esaicrtyou in
approving expanse8 in aohool trustee eleation*.'
Your0 rely truly
BY
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion