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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Illhorrblr T. Ii. Friable
?lrrt ASEdstant State Suprrlntrndsnt or
T'ublio lriirtruotloa Toxar
Aui3tin,
Dear sir: 20, 19b2, or iuetiat
rney Ganrral~ ot Tao., xheraln yo II oi thlr D.p&rt- lPCUlt OA th8 FtWSt ohed letter, to Dr. L. dresse4 48d or sah001~, In40 andent 0 Conzaler
hos th is rttaohti of the l&win-Thorabnrg sa rlrotlon thr 23r4 day ths purp05e or lotting (I a6btmm00 irty C'SltS per humlie tdla- dOlh?# tote. in 8 tie The trust~rr rerulted I cleotioo rt the oasrliest bate poa- 0860 *util!e tbra thr t1rr md uB4.r
y may hold the next dwtioa?’ The answer to above qusstlon lr iouad in brtlol~ 4785, Vernon’s Annotateal Civil Statutea as aaerda4 by Aotr 1935, uth Legislature, 2nd C. S., p. 1675, Ch. Cfi, rrleth sohool dirtriot miz!tenanw tax oleotlon, wbleh provider in part1
Bonorsblr t. Y. hImblo, paga 2 tar propoaitimk 10 drrad
w mid 8aintenanor at en @l rot ion hrl4 for rarh parpoe 0, no oth er l lrotlon br held thrroior within one yaar trol thr aat. or 88i4 i00ti0~. m 00ftd~i0~~11 005a ror 0-0~ rohool dlatrIot8, and the boar4 oi trortrw ‘tar lade- ahall 0anval)s the return8 6Bd deolara
tn44nt dletrletr, e he rmult or all elrottanr berrun4rr; u14 ral4 rleotlon ahall be held mad ocndaated M provided by law ror gsr,oral rleotlon, 4xoept a8 protided herain, *
Ifo are of the oplni~n thd 4 tls veta or the proprrty tax paying qudIfla4 rotara or so!iool Oirtriot, . OD a M.ht&~nOb tclX &UOpOaitiOn i# a dtmE& Of tb.e rOpO#itiOn. a tlr toto defeata the aalntsnonoe ttr prgoalt on la P Tiat obtloua rrosi req,uIremnt of a ag!orIty vote to uthorlcr an additional ad *r~ore~ tax levy 68 protldd r0r In &tIolr lII, Section 3, Comtitutlaa of Texas, from w-hloh we quato In part:
*. , . An4 the letislature my aathorlra up +64I- tional a4 talortn to be levied an4 oollsotad tithia all rohool dirtrlots hwetorore iorasd or hwsaftsr r-44, r0r ths further mlntenanoa or publlt frtt l quipmcnt .o?, iohool oohoola, and far rrwtloz snd brrlldinto thtrola; prdvided a
qtdirit4 property kr pey’lnp tote
rotla& at an alrotlon to be held for that purpow, rhall rote euch tax. . . .” ( ~5darlIn4~~ ertprUe6 1
Th4 ahore rrqulrtmsnt is 4140 mde In hrtlolr sootlon k, Vornar'e mnotsted Clril 8tututest
'90 tax shall bt IstIeC, eoll cot e4, abrogatwi, and no bond8 rhall bt lrtutd dlminlshsd or lnortastd, htireunder, until such ictloE hsa bcsn euthorlsed by a mtorlt oi the votes east at an sleotla he14 in the such purpoao , at ah! oh acme but pro tar;: d~ror tax royin@ pu4llrIed voters or mob dlstrlot rha L tatit1ad to vot4." (PndculLnlng suppllrU1 wile Art101 2953 rslrt4s to rlsctlon ~rooadurr this artfole has rppllostljn 0a.V in the sr45t or 4 ti4 mte, 414otIOn Of publI4 0rfi04r4, ma not $0 60h00i tar quastionr. we think this 1s elwlr rrm tbs tenor or Ita laagu434, vthfoh we quote;
Eonorablo T’. Y. TripNo, pa&a )
.At any dorotion, ii thora be an aqua1 BUtbOr or +otw6ltwi to two a aore poreoar ia the 8~6 orti00, exoe 4xooutlra orrioorr as prwlded in thr CoXistltu ARK no ona lOCte4 thorrto, the i0B otiloar tO~who6 ha returns are sad8 shall deolaro t 4 such tleotlon rold as to such 0rri0e on1 and shall irn4diately order another leotlon ii such orri00; I i tid notice shall be eiren, and such othsr 4leotIon rhall be held In the smo manner ar &rnrrsl eleo- tion..
Thlr view 1s ~oonriruied by th4 tollowlng proviso in Artiole 2785, rtlating to aohool aalatenaaor tax oleo- tlonrl
*And such rltctfon bo ha14 an4 conduotad as protidsd by law rar gmsral rleotions, exoqt as heroin srov164d.w (OnderlininE mpcli44)
Nthouch -40 are not advlaed em to vhrther or not election In question proposed an orlglaal mlatanmoe tax or en lnoreasr or deeresa8 CC an 4xfrtl.w school d.lr- triot maintananoe tax, w4 wish to point out that under Artlolr 2794, It a school aalntanano4 has bean authorlrad, no tl4ctIon may be h415 to inoreaso dtcrtasr that tax tmtll. two y4rus artrr rlrotlon uhloh ruthorlsed the tax. HoCall 1, L4ti8, 263 S.P. 325.
You are thtrtrort ad~lsed that a8 tha mlntsaano4 t4x propoaltloa ror the NaurIn-Thorabwg Common Sohool Dlr- trlct resulted In a tie vote on April 23, W2, tbrt proposI- tlan was thaa drreatrd an& no other school dlstriot 8aintmenoa elrotlon can be held in t+:ls d.Istrlot within one year of tax April 23, 1942.
You are rurthsr aGtIsed in ths crcnt this sohool distrlot ha8 herttorore authorit4d and letird a sohool dts- triot aainttaanoe tax, under Artiole 2794 BO 4lrOtiOB *4 to iaoruro e 4aaraare on airtiag sohool airblot a alntonmo o tax l n be hold withla two rearm of tho rlrrtion whioh aothofised thr oxlstlag tu.
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