OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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..qaer the govisi~~~n of rxtiolc E'i420 to aktri-
botkmtk zo~~y'ccllocted ~roxXm tax OILa pm
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. COxIon ana snao?mmut SChWl dlstrlcto ol tbs ~wlskty OQ
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.-. 'ts?,m basis tha% the .State per onpita apyrtionmnt is
dl8tribatad apoa&sai& common end iadojmndeot school di8-
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.- me Actite8l.f pre*iAbei aa baoisof “thsstats
pr &itU ap;.rtiomcsnt~ a8 the.r~le by v!xich this comty-
WidO tar if.3 ~t0 h diiotXibUte&. ;6 a?lst 1005, thOOrCfGXO,
ta the xulen GVUU-X@ Wm Bad% pot c~~iCz! appm5fi&art* .
39 a guide in dote* tk0 +xitant QUBS~~OSL .
-: Estiolca I, ?eotion ii, of tka-constitution of
%xas Qrovia3s
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'm~~ided elxG1 b? distributed to tho sevaral. cotitiss
lwGezliniq. ours) aoaording to t:xAr ~chok~+tlc ~@,LI- . .
tion and applied in sachza~~~?r as kaf bs ~zwlded by 13x.* _
Es Lagislatuw ;irrsmUed tb .pocodura’ rlir csrryW out
tka ~urpoacs &-this provision ot the ConstiWtioU by AZ-
tic13 EGfJ3,T:. 6r 1925,
_ rhtich raabin part:
.*Cn tbe.fimt'ol"rach =on$h; the &xv
L superintendent shall pamrate. to.the a8veraL
CO~tiOS; &t&as. tkQ6 th1&8 tid SC’hool di&triOtn .
‘~ oon8titutiiog 863XWzlte saju?ol qrganizotiom,
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r. roe c. cladney, tc'areh
1, 1939, rage 9. ;. .
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acaording to the st?hol.astiopopulntioQ of esah
the available school ;tone~oolloatsd Our& thi
preaedi!q mGnth * * *a :. .
trlit~s-So&ol.astia poptiiatlon~3.nsuab couiity only..
z inasmu5h as hl'tiO18 i%%fB &FlWWb~~ pEGliid8U i
that t&e paroco& of the county-wide tar thotiin paw&dad
aSmU b8 distributed won ths saw3 basia'that the -Sat9 per .
OaFi'ya apportloment is di5trlbut8d* it Could see5 to fox-
ltithat a county-line sohool distriotwould bs olctitlsd
t6 012&0.it8.‘8hsX8 Of Et OOXUrt+~idS $8X be8Cd Ojly OR it8
saholsstla populatZon in that county. Applyiag t&la prln&’
pie tathu sgealfia situation outliwd in your brief, of
.the Carllale School Distrfct nhioh lies part4 in Cherokee
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6wl.prt4 in I;usk CouQ~y, it Is WIT opiQlon.th8t t?le
cS@,itlh Dkstriot iS GXItith!d t0 ShtrXe h the PrOoOeds Of
the:E!uak aoaQ~y eqr;nliz2ltiGQtQX, b&Nd Only bQ it8 SGhOhS-
tia.poptietSon in Eusk OouQty awl not QIL its soho~stia
pqnilatsoR iQ boy& couxltie6.
33hqvab0fmfom3qto tbls coonalualon~not rarely
by r888m Of the ep~C!atLOa Of the "tlRsiS" set out lxx the :-.
eplLd.iafZtLOQ
stat@tj ftaelf,88 outlfned above- but also fOr:t-he,rcaSoa _
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ET. Joe C. Glar'ney~Xarah 1, 1939, Xaga.4
sort tit5
a mem mt ii&lea?.ed by tlw &X&Ate .. ior mnatioued
byths OOBStitUtiGU. ..
The mason for t&scixi.stenta~t\aiity of tax .
burden8 bottmen the Cherokee and the I?8k county y=ts Of
the distriat is inherent in the verynsture of cornby-lisa
bfetriats. r8 canuot t* to correat the.evil by a strained
CGUltNCtiOU Ot th,iS 8tStUtO. .
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of &upcon vs; :FeMotoa Comou County Line 6ah0olDiutrlat,
275 3..%. 449 (wit of erxvr refused) ta+ich pou hsva X8- .
ferred us In yo$: brief, In that GaOe various -yrs, :
8ohool childran end pare?lts of.sobool childro:, of tmt )?sr2
of Llano County ~Mah had beex included in a ~ountp%dde
school diatriat with r;nrt3 of Xfinsotiend Cm :W3 aoustfos
brou@t mit to 6sok 50 &cGltlN tho distsiat void. It had
beau ametqrl by spmial act of the L&slature in lS23
under tbi,%z_pro3d cuttirity of the oor&titutionel ezesd&ent,
&2ble 7, .';8ation3, adopted is 1909. Flaiutiffs contended .1
'thywera inju.l'd by the ClWltiGll Of the GGUUtY.liaa 6i3-
3riet in that the Llauo County ?zchool ?ev%st pund yialds
~F-j+i)en
bcorii OS $5.03 per yeear ger 8O!rOu5tia, -hereas ~the
:.~:w end .m Caba County school funds-yield ouly flPty
~~~>Ie~t~ 8mi ;l.Co 1WSpsGtively. ~The hmtip COUl% Of civil
L ~pwm ~u~tabxyl t&a tdel~court*s disniseal of th% suit,
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion