Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN :. 8ohool 618m. h-e here your lotto v pl roqu88t our o~lolon a.It tax fUna Dow in th. hand8 0 6, 1939, in rhioh rporltion or certain 8OPQOll~8tOr tOr 00ttrrfcountI. 330 rat upon whioh tou &orlro our oplrloo are Or l8 fOtiOW81 d Or xdUO8t1O~t rOr OsiOn8 Or u&I lrolp 0~s to the Llora Soho@l Dl8ttiOt8. metlow to t an an rleotiom hold ho Can0 Sprlags Canon t Di8triOt of tl8hOr t boon daoluud b7 8 the aotion cb tha County Board ot y County, ropnrentatltr oltlronr tram tea that the Ame88or-Oolltotor r0r 8triOt8, dthhOld 8QUtOd terrltorr T h r tU l8808~Or-8O~lOOtOr .14 tu.8 rhloh ho b8 OOlleOtOd On thr It 8::tiOIi8 ill bllQUt*. Slnoo the Eobbr Xnndr~aadont sohool DtrtriOb 18 now rOqUr8ti~ that there iuti8 k *id to thor end tho other ia.tiOa 18 rOqUO8tiLI# tht th8 i\LadS be rithhdb ho 18 UU1OU8 t0 di8 80 Of I@SO ill tbr Pr@P*r ma nno afti a tth ea a mtill. r .1 r *TO h b 8OirlRb h%8 bOnd8- meti rrom ifabilltf una0r his 0rrioiti bond. *For your lnrorawtioa mar I rmru ou to your opl~o~ O-Ml, dated Fobruur 17, 193). WiJoh mad8 l8 follOw8: *th8 rountr boud aS eourrr County did not heto the authority to dekoh 12 rootlon8 ot land from the Camp SQrirr(l8 Di8triOt Urd add 8U t0 tW othor OOm8OIIais- triOt8 rikr the 8bOtiOn fCU tOG8OtidltiOGbad ken bald, aad before the now dbtrlot had been dooluod bl tha oOaaf88fonaC8’ court’. Stat* Is B&u, 40 Sa (0) 41. *The lbwe OP~G~OG faa gircn roguilln& tha dl8putO over tht W u 8OOtiOB8 On which the $219.14 tU.8 hGrS beon 08118Ot8d. “Under tho above 8tatmumt or iLOt8, I would lppreolato tuy auoh a d0rinlt0 rullnigrrom hour dOp8rt5OGt re&UdffIg thn propor lrgal dlspo8itlon 0r tho aooumuht~d rm8 mid al80 fUad8 of tha 8M aaturo whlsh may honaitor aooumw late." IO Our OQioiOlI o-151, by k8818tAGt NO. htt=GeJ OrblU81 G*O. 3.Ber r y, lddruS8.d t0 x0& t. A. *0068, Stat0 8uperlntendentof Fublla IG8trUOtiOG, dattd Pobruuy 10, 1939, w held t&t the COUGtf Board Of Tm8tt.8 Or SO'JrryCOMty had no lo@ authority to aetaoh the 12 8OOtiOG8 of lnnd tron thm camp Spring8 Comaon Sohool Dlrtrld aftat tb8 llOOtlOn for ooorolldatlon had been held and boron tba ?.8Ult of tho llee- tlon had been doolared by tho CoPulrrlonor8*Court. Our 8ald O+iOIl t.liti UpOIl the dOOi81OIl Or tht conJ.88100 Of Aj3W18, adopted by tht suprota@ Court in the oa8o or Statb l% ml. aeorge vg Baku, 40 5. iv*(& U, whlah hold ln rrr8ot that 8u8h attom to& 8otlon br tht OoutJ board ~88 told broauro tho lmot 0r ! t *otid k to dotoat tha right ai the rhotorr to OrrOot the oon8olldatlonof tht OopPon 8OhOOl kl8trlot with th8 lBd8gWd@C& aOh di8triOt. A tOpT Or mid Opi~~iOcl x0. Q-151 18 lttaohrd hereto. T h elOtlOa of the oountr board ot trU8tO.8 181dtMptiI@ t0 dWOh tb 12 8OOtiOIL8Of 1-d rrOm th@ Cup @ring8 Coaaoa aohool Dirtriot war void for thr additional IW8OG that it did not 004blJ With th. &WOli8iOn8 Ot AStitle 8742 (t) Ot VorGoG’8 AnnOtated Ciril StGtUtO8, l8 MOfddrd br ChOptOr 639, SeetlOn 2, AOt8, 44th Ingl818tUN (19351, whloh pro+1408 that before luoh a trmrror ean be 0mtt0d tta trurt8or ot raah dlrtrlmt M&o60ama 18 titeotod 8hall k glrsn altt8n notloa aad an opportwlty to ba heard, that 8~ dsotion tihrii be hold in the amote dirtriotr, thOt kr0n prowrtr 10 dotaohed fro8 one dlrtrlot md ltt8ohed to’mothar dirtrlot , aJorltr or the tapayio(r voters la mob or the dr00tod u8ttiOt8 @hall tOto ier the truatior, and that the nrwlr formtd or ornatea dl8trl8t 8h811 b t8llbrtoa bJ a ~nornl ggc or the kglslmu~. lor rour laformtloa, we laUo8o )errwith l oopf of aoniuraor oplaloa 80. 3066, lddro88od to gonorabl.8 Ollbrrt <h, County AttOlPtJ, Joaer Countr, &tad, w to, 1939 uhiob roasldrrod at 104th the lfreot of nld ml010 t?a lr), 88 MOOd.6. R-hilt 8816 O&ion rolatod ~poiflaall to the quaetloa or the trmrfor or torrltory iron , tOSUSM 80lo01 di8tri@t t0 M ii¶dtBpODdOIIt 8OhOOl di8triOt, it would8180 apply to tho prorant rituatlon 8lnoe raid Artltlr ~948 w &8 amended al80 00wtr8 the trmrrar 0r trrrltory rror @at OOBMOII8ohool dirtriot to raothar OOmon rohool dirtriot. ft rOilOW8 rrOiBOur rOrmer Opiab~ x0. O-161, aAd from the other authorltlrr mboto referred to, that the attempt of tha 0OUGt.y board ot trU8tO88 to traarttr l#!8adtiOG8 of land iron th* Camp Spring8 Coamoa Sohool Dl8trlOt to the Lloyd Youat& ~4 th* Strayhorn C0mk0n 3ohool Dl8trlet -8 void. It further appoer8 iron your lottrr and iron our raid cplaloaYoi O-151 that t&r llootloa on the quertlot or whrthu tht CUP S&W48 C08mon Sohool irirtriot8hould be oan8olidatrd vith th0 5Obb8 bd.~Ad~Gt Sohool Di8triot XW8titOd fatorablr to ruoh oon8o~idatioa. %a 888ulM that tbs 8tatutorJ rrQulreoosnt8 regUdlBg 8UOh OOn8OlldatlOBworn oonpllsd with. The tamltorr SorrPUly lmbraoed In the Camp Spriogr Comma sohool DirtriOt ha8 thhrrrfora BOW beooma a part of the lIobb8Indoprndtnt, Sahool DirtriOt. Uador tbr prorlrloar 0r Art1010 2808 ot veraoa~8 mwtatrd Clrll StatUtO8, *AU the right8 Wd prlrllrgor grmtrd tG iBdOp*Bd@Gt di8triOt8 by the &W8 Or thlr State 8hall br gl+eA to the ooG8olldatrd lndepoAd8Gt 418trlot orrated undrr tht jWOTi81OUD Of thi8 l&W." Slime the le 8eotlonr ot 1~4 retetrod to in foor qutstlonwore embraosd within the terrltoay r0rwriJ laoludc4d dthla the Camp Spring8 Coolllon Sohool Dl8trlot, and rinoe thi8 distrlot ho8 bWo oon8olldated with the 5obb8 fGdoQ&GdeGt Sohool Dirtriot, it rOliOW8 that tbB t8XO8 OOllOOt~d OG Bald le 8rOtiOKI8 ot laod BOW belong to Robbr I:ndr~rnd8atSahool D$strlot. It 18 theroforaour oplalon that the roorr wbioh the t&x a88088or- tallrotor ha8 on hand, l o well a8 othar 8id1U fund8 wbleh aall kerrarter bo oolleoted, 4h uld be pala to t&e TrMDUrU of tha Eobbr XGdOpAdOAt Sohool afrtr- aon.B- t. Thorpe, Fag. 4 The oplalon hera lrproooed IO lml.o(ouo to our opinion no, o-llOf, ~&&eared to Eonorable WA. r&rot, @untY Atfdr’DOJ, Calap GOUrPty’, dated Auguot 16, 1939, wheroln w bold that on lndopond@at rchool dlotrlot Caking over the lohoolo of a oitr ha8 tbs right b oolloot dollaqueat taxoo •~oooood by the olty for oohool QU~OOOO. A aopy of raid &don lo eaoloood for your lnioraatlon. Vary truly purr ATTORWXY OZtXRALOF TsXA3 BY pti Janus8 F. Bart AOOiOtant COMMI,-l“X