*1 OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
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Pirat Aaaistant Q&,(0. fl*J State Euperlntendsmt Of Publid InatnWiOn 7747 Texea duntla, n r mm d8t0 in l pplioablo rtet- ty Bdllcdl 2vu8t.88 the Ponelopo Rural itory to Cho youlit tm6 fna0p8ndm a 888um.d that both of thee eohoo e bounderi. or Hill
at8 are olasrled a8 oom- degMdeAb 80h001 4latrlots er aonaideretion.
uestion wa8 d~temined bx the Supreme rroent aa80,ef Oountf @oha Trurtees 61 v. Dt8triot Tru8bera 'of Pniris 8t. l?o. 8, t88 3. By. (86) 434. The
tutioaal and void Benate Bifl 388 oi ature (~oota lQSb, 64th be., fP.E. Ch.S39), whtoh was 8 oomprehenslre law regulating the detaohmrnt and annexation oi territory and eugmr8ediag all lawa previously omaotod. f3peaking ror th4 oourt, JuetioO Crita aado the r0ii0d~ rtatemontt
3iaving detrrmined that the &et of 1935 i8 wholly void, and having rurther dmt8rmineQ that it repealed no law behind it, we r8aoh the inor- oapeble oonolu8Ion that the ~validkty invalidity *2 Bonorable T. bi. ‘I’PiPlblar Pegs 8
or tie aota and orders Of the County sohool Board or Orenge County involved in this oaae :nust depend onwhether or not they square with the 8tetute8 or thi8 state in roroe at the time the tit or 1935 war3 paeeed. It thererore be- oome8 IJ404888r~ what 8Ot8 fOl’ U8 t0 d4t4dn4 were then in roroe. “All 4X4miMtiOll Of OUI’ 8tatUt48 di.4410648
the taot tha’t when we eliminate the Aet of.1938, this 0888 must be gOVern46 by 6eOtiOIl 2 Of Arti- 018 274Er, AOt8 1929, 418t Lb&, 18t C.S., p. 269, Oh. 109, a& 54OtiOa 1 Of +.Ft~iOle 2742f, AOt8 l#t C.S., p. 106, oh. 47, Ibard 1929, 418t LO&., Of SOhOOi mFU8t448 Or YOUR% &NUbtg VI WiliObk Cammoa Sohool MSt. Ho. 12, %x. COIL Dpp., 88 S. ii. Bd S38, $39. . .
0. . . . . Vhle oaae Bl\ldt ba gOVern44 by S#OtiOa U
Or AI%014 27424, AOttd is@, 4i8t kg., 1st o. S ., pa ~59, Ok. 109, Cnd by SOOtiOn 1 Of &ti- ale 27422, AOt8 1929, 418t Le&, 1st C.S., p.
105, oh. 47, cOnstrue together."
seotion E of hrtidle 27424 Seation 1 at ai- 014 27421 read reepsot?u.lly ee rOuOW81
"Sea. 2. That 0~. and erter th4 pamage 0r this Act the County Roar& Or Sschool %~aQ#e@ in any county in this State @hall he04 authority and full power to oreate C4mmoa Sohool Dicrtriota, . to subdivide distriot8, end to oha bourrtirf . liA4S ar~ang or all oo Sohool r 8triOt8 lo&al- ly coming under the juribdlotian of the County Board of cS030hool TrWteea, rubj4ot to the #UQOF vieion or the Dietriot Court having juriadietlon over the aoaaty where the County Board is appolnt- ed elected; provided that before aa;l ehangea may be made in boundary lines of a~,ool dfatriots the tru8tee8 or the COMIOP sohoal Watrieta ar- feotsd 4hall notiiied to appwr Befare Oounty Board for a hearing, 8ad after #aid hear- ing, OF the date 84t ror *id hearlrl@, the County Eoard of TYu4tsea may-pa48 ewh arder Or order8
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Honorable T. LI. Triable, Page S
wSeotion 1. In each oounty of this State the Cmmty Board of Trusteaa shall have the au- thority, when duly petitionsd [68] hersin provided, to detaoh from annex to any #Oh001 dietriot territory 4ontiguou8 to the o&man boundary 11~ of the two di#tI'iOt#~ provided the Board or Tru8tee8 0r th8 Di#tribt to which the annexa- tion ir to be #t#dO approves, by siajoritg VOt8, the proposed trtUI8i0r of territory and provided, rurthcr, that when! the territory to be dstaohed eroeeda ten per aent (lO$) of' the mtire di@- triot the petition mat dgned by a oaajority or the tru8teea or 84id Blatriot ih additioa to vot4ra or the terri- a majority Or the q~aUfied tory to ba detaohed. ‘i&8 p#titiO~ Sk&~ giV8 the ,mat.es and bounds of the territory to be de- tashed from the one and added to the other dia- triot and izwt be algn~d by a majorleg of the quLlliii4d voters re4iding in th4 raid territory 40 detached. Upon reoetpt of tlis 44id petition, and Upon notior of the approldl duly aigrieQ, of the proposed annexation >y'the Board of Tru8tee8 ot the dirtriat to whioh the terrltor ir to be added, the County board of Trwteeo 0 11 pa48 % zm order tranrferring ths old territory and re- derining the bouadariea oi the dlatziotr erreot- ed by said trewIL,r, the aiid oxd4r to be moord- ad in the minutes or the County bard or Tru8tee8. ?'rovlb-a6 that no eohool di#triQt shell be reduoed to 4n are6 or 1444 then @no eqwr4 milse.* The oaae oited by Juatios Orit in the above quoted exoezpt is mard 0r Sohool T2?U@t444 0r Young c;ounty v. %UllOOk Common Sahool Uist. Ho. L2, 65 Y. I?. (Ed) 638. 'I&e Cami@- aion oi ngpe8le in di.rou88lng Seetdon E 0r ~1014 ST486 and S44tloa l,oe Artiole 274&r made the roU.owing obwnatlont
z)o uorutruing @aid aote together lead8 to th~‘Ok&l8hOII~th8t th4 L8glrl"tIture intended provlsioa~~tor notioe and heariq, eontaiond la Sea- tlon 8 iiousa Bill SSO, to oparate a8 a limlta- *4 tion o? thr authorltp aonfemd OR the oounty board by the other sot, so far: as a change in the boundary lime of a oomspo~ aohool diatrlot la involved. Qomplianoe with aaid provision we4 prerequieits to the exeroiae,bp the oounty board of school trusteeo of young oouAty, of authority to &mgo the boundary lines or, the Eullook oomon sahool di8triat, and, einoa there we8 no suoh oonglfa~oe, the order tor ouoh oha~ge was mmuthorieed therorore ie invalid. The dirtriot had thr right to apply direotly to the oaurto, In the tire ixmtanoe, r0r miier against aaald Invalid order. State Line Consolidated Sahool ulstriot v. Farwell Independent Sohool Dietriot ('kc. CCJCL r-pp.) 48 S. K. fed) 616."
You are, them&ore, advised that under iicfiales tMte, Seatioa 2 arad Artiolo ~&Wf, seatian 1, the r0ih- log rteps must be taken berom the county board 0r sahool trtwteo8, vdxen duly potltioned, my enter a valid order traaafer?fAg territory rrox the PeAeloi)e gutal Sob001 Dir- trlct to the HouAt Calm Independent Sohool Diatriot:
1. The board of truateea of the mchool dlatrlot to whioh the amexatlon ia to be made (koount Cala) mat by a aajorlty vote approve the tranerer.
E. The petition ahall give the aetea arrd bounda of the territory to be detaohed an4 ahall be signed by a majority of the qualiricd votf~ra reaidlng In the territory to be detaahed.
3. Ghere the*rritory to be detaahed eraoods lO$ the entire dfstriat (Penelope), .tho titfon mumt be signad by a nrajarity of the truetess of suah Q iatriot fa tiddltloa to -9" e majority or the quallrled voter8 or the territory that 18 to bo dotaahod.
4. The trwteee or the Penelope i&al rrlgh sahool Diatriot Bust notified to appear berore the oounty board for a hearing.
On 3~1s 20, 1939, this department rendered Opinfon g.,;;Ts involving the aeAstruatloA or viola Fi74,er am amended
. The oonstitutlonallty of the amendment wan not in is8ue and naa, therefbre, not parrad upon in the opgaion. fn *5 mmornble T. W. Triable, Page 5
view the deoiaion or the Supraee Qourt In the County Trustees 0r Orange Ccunty v. tiirtrlot Truetees of soho prairie View Comon Sohool Diet. No. 8, supra, holdlq said #emWent unoonstltutfonel, we now expressly withdraw Opin- ion No. O-275.
Very truly your* ATNXiN2YGl3NERAL OF TZXU3 .;