Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN Yitoholl
Honorablr f. E.
County Attornry
Call8han County
Nalrd, T8188
Dear Sir: cjplnion No. 0-636
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cause and sincr the d nart Common :iohocl County Judga a poti- nunbar of oltizsns aylng ror an alaction riot with anotiiar ccn- hool 5istrict.
8~ 0r the validity 0r fact that otion Of tha County ibard Of bU8tW8 ha8 IlOt baon rin8iiy dataralnrd, 18 it PraDd8tOrf upon tin oountp the l 18OtiOn iOr oon8olidstion judge t0 Ordar in 8UCh p8tltion7 An enmar thir
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9::. hate sl8o raorlrad iron on8 or tha attornsys In tha district thr Oa88 Wi38 apl:aalad Court- OC88 8 lOttar 8t8tiW on a CO8t bond and 8nOlorFne. a COPY Of th8 jUdgm8nt in dI8trIot oourt 0888. be, howrror, tlttsOk IlO p8rtiOti8r 81g. or 8~~881 bond girrn in the 0888. thr abaractrr niriorn09
Artlolrn 2?22a and 292200, vlrIlOIl’8 JUUlOtitad 1+81C18 Civil Satuter, read 8e1 follow:
-Art, 29228, Authority to IskblIrh "In ccch or&lrad aoMty In thi8 Sata and
In any oountp which shall horrrft8r be organlzad, _-~ . _- . ?%I OOUL’,y sCrP?o1 %rURt888 Smll iP3-e UUsaOr- form ona or mcra rural huh oohool dl8- ity to by grouping contiguour oommoa 8OhOOl di8- triot8, harlng 1eIl8 thrll iOUr bUdrOd 8ohOla8tiO triOt8 POpU~tiOn end ind@D'3nd@nt 8OhOol di8ttiOt8 hariag 188s thea tW0 hll!ldr@d and fifty 8OhOl88tiO pO9U- the pW9OC8 Of @rtabli8hill@ 8nd Opar8t- 18tiOIl iOr Ing rur81 hbh 8ohool8, provIUrQ 8180 that thr My annaa one or inor* OOO- oouaty 8ObOO1 tIU8tW8 or on8 or non 00~ sohoal dl8trlots Iadrprndrnt achcal district8 herin@ lase than two hwldrrd and population to a ooamon sohool scholastic rirtg eChOla8tiO di8triCt baviI%s ?CUr hUndr8d or mxa populatfw or t3 83 Indrpendsnt diatrlot hering two Or aOr8 8OhOla8tiO p39Ul8tiOn hundrrd md iiftl upon tits approve1 the board or trurtrrr 0r 8aoh #Oh001 dirtrict aff8otod; prorldod that vhra OLU or mra common cohocl k!IjtrIot8 8re 80 nnoxod to a cmmn cohool. ?lstr:rt ha+?= four hundmd or more Rchol8atlc population, or to an lndepend- ant district hsviri t-o hundred 2nd fifty, or more the ca8e may ba, a board acholaetlo population, as at Of tTli: t6df: sAh.?l:I be sleotad tro.3 the district hnva the mtina~oment anti control lsrgs 5~1 ;rizll I:: s::largsd until tha ti;f t;i3 .':qtl'ic: timu next election 6na qualltloati~~ne of trustees fcr co~illon ?n:: indeperdozt districts, ~8 rrovi;ed by tCsns:a: ia-+;. -~rovldaa that the oounty scnool trustees ~,hall h>?e the authority to sholish e rural hlg; achocl district on a petition alwed by a %sjorltg of ths rotera of each elementary dlstrlot oo~posing thr rural hi&h school district and rhan such 4lstrlct h3 I! bean abolished the els- &all ~I:to~z~t?c.ally revert bscx ::sntar? Elstrl:?: *3 Honoreblu F. 3. Hltebell, her f
to thslr or~lxml etatur, -ith th0 @IoOptIOn tbst them .sm eny outatandlng Indrbtrd- In tha stoat nraror l galnrt the raid rural rohool district raoh rlrmrntary dlrtrlat rhall l 88uiw It8 prOpOrtIc;nal part of thr drbtr. bt8 1925, 39th L.8,. D.2;;A, ~JJ. S’ ;0;&1927, AOth UC?, 18% 0. s., PO ,
. . "Art. 2922a8. hl8Olid8tiOn Of ?Ul’@l hieh rob001
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wProtidrd any Rural ii@h Sohool Di8triat al- ready rormed tmdar thr prorlrlonr thlr law m8y bO3LIDDn Sohool Dt- GUl8OlId8tr with 8IL OOnt:&UOUr trlot II on briw hrl6 in rraprOtit8 00 8n @18Ot I di8triO 81 8814 d88tiOa t0 b8 hr~ld in OOCifOrplity P Wit&b Artid 2806, f&Vi884 oltil ?trtUta8 Ot 28X88, 1925. UpOn 8Wh OOlUOlid8tiOB 881d Il8W1y ioWd di8triCt 8h811 t8h th fOro. Of 8814 RUE81 iii@& i&o01 Dlrtriot and br ~ovanud b Bo8rd of h SOhOO i DirtriOt, and TrWke8 Or 88id hr8l ii shell brOotaa 8 part of 8a d Rural El&h Bohool Dlr- triot for all itltM4t.8 and pUr 08a8 a8 though it wro orlglnallr a p8rt or 8111 % dirtriot. PIWT1C.d in oara of 8Ily outrt8ndIng boadrd th8t indobtrd- ll@IL In ith8r 0r reid dI&trIctr 8II rlrctlon 8ba11 br hrld In ooniornlt~ with the korral Lar govom- rohool dIrtrlct8 to drtrraiar rbrthrr or not Sohool 88 d bu~on Sob01 Dlrtrlct or Rur8lfiigh ‘7 A8trIot sh811 l imm8 thrlr prorat part 0r such Protldrd, howovor, th8t II3drbtrdnOrr. 88id eon- nolldatlon above rrrrrmd rhall not beoom0rrrct- lte until after tbr slaotlon adjuatlq, the bondrd Indrbtrdnrw. .sad in oa8a 6uah al8otLon to be tails naught carrird ttr ooneolIc!atlon shall be held snd such districts shall ro,zain In their orlglntl Added Acts 1937, CStb Log., p. EL5, ch. etl3tull.
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:Articls 2806, Varnoa’a .?nnotatefi 7sms Civil -kit- utee, reads in part a8 i%ll~s:
'On tb p8tItion or tusnty i20) or 6 !naJor- ity Of th. 18ga~y QU8lifid Total8 Of each Of several oontlguous lnddrprndrnt I ohool districta,
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pl'8ying for th8 0088Olid@tiOn Of 8uCh di8triCt8 for 8dbQO1 ml’pO8*8, tb OOUItty #l&O -11 188W II). O?d8r ?Ot M vl.OtiOIl tOb8 h8ld QII t& 8-8 day in r8ch 8UCh dirtriot. . . . c1 8ChOO1 di8trIot# my ia Ilk8 -8r b0 Oon801idated vlth OOnti&fUOU# indamnd8nt 8CbO1 dirtriOt*. . .’ hl? 1ett.I' 8t8t88 tht COqOIl 8OhOO!$ Dia- -t triOt bU ~?‘.8~8tnd l mtitiolr iOv 8On8O’lid&ior Vith MOth8r OOOt%#UOU8 di8tl’%Ot but VOUr 8ilUit l 8 lOtt@r to vhetber th8 otb8r OO~t@lOU8~#ohOOl dI8trIot M8 l .pOtitiOSl in pl’88Olh.d 8tatUtOl7 iOm t0 OOn- llkWi8. tb 8Ut 8ObO1 ObVioU8ly, ,if OOlidbt@ di8triet. Vith Otif tb bI't 8ObOO1 di8ttiOt p F888BtUi l WtitiOBl ah bUmty Judga rotid not b. WthoPi88d to Oti1 l Oon8011d8- tiOZl l 18CtiC%L
!iWITOC, if th8 fbOt8 8W that both o? the con- bT8 pn8ont.d WtitiOW in CW liMOe ti@OU8 di8triCt8 vlth th# qtdUt.8 8 problem vould l rI8a. tha 0bviOU8 P 7, in ruoh l -ttW (UdOP tb l 8Wd ?8at8 FiVOtti Wiat 8bOT8) VOud h 8atW t&O hgti Or &Pt cOrOII 8OhOOi Dirtriot. 18ttW, qU88tlOlS Of &d b8 8hOm by PUP t& ?utnam Dirtriot th8 hna8xation of mrt diltriot Vh8thor ~88 void 18881 vhIl8 pb888d oa by th dl8trlct court has not yet barn finally decldod inammh aa the case urd 18 noV pending in tha Court Of CiTfl Aip- V88 8pp81d psal8. Sin00 the lOga 8t8tUE Of &II-t COEWIiOn BChOOi Dimtrlct is nov before the rppellata court, this deyrtment cannot categorically decide question propounded under the additional &rrumed facta. Eovwor, vo r8 laolined to since th8 tier th8t d*OiriT@ -d PiTOtd Point b tb Mtter 18 b?OM
Court of Clvll App8rlr It vould probably b8 the better count for th8 Count7 Judge to nFral.n rrom calllng the *5 .
Pmomblr 1. P. Illtcholl, ?q.
eonrolia8tlon rlootloa unlera muulammod to do 80 br a court of ofmpdult jurimliotlon.
rourr vrry truly