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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Mar05 77, 1999 Deer sir:
servlnij the remainder or the term tar vMoh or appointed prior to the pae- he was elected sage tois aat.' jhrticle 2774~3, Sectfoa 2, Civil statutem, ulaoted In 19s3, rdatlng to boards of trustees In aitlee and tovm vchere tba schools had not been removed r~m~~~ic-ipal contml. mada ss r0ii0w:
"In all such tovms and &ties having fewer *Aan seventy-five thousand population -)as shorn by the Federal Census of 192.0, tbs
board of trustees ahal. be oompwed of 8ev(P wmber8 end .tho se'laai ocmdi&etw reoelring ths lar~~tnuabuofvokm ettherlrat tie- tlon; end'thothm or t- emdlbatu read+- qf V&M atallmbac irrgthelar~8tnrubu
quaa elwUous a8.U k eatltlod to auve aa tnmtow eleofion ahall
uhiohthey.uoto *orTo.
aradn&nlmu8 cm., tw ad ukm 8ballSOrrr . r0r ons you, tb tu3 ~eabum arndng 'r0tp and
.gtYe&ell~em, roe two Jrua and the *rro ra- bar8 draulng numbera ldx ma 8ovea #hell' 6uw .
rorthreo yeercri cir ontllthelr 8ttWe8aer6 are .eleot*d eld qtuuifie4; ,8t4a roglrlerly tbbroef-
tu on Shr flrat Settrrdayfn Aprllor iaoh-year, three tn&wcr or tko t~teoe &all be eleotod for a tow.& three yu&ra tp macaw6 thti tmeteee vthose turn shall et that tlU expire. .Tho rnrn~ 'bus of the.boer4 raalnSn6 after a veoenap crhsll the same rot the o~ozpired turn... tin
s00ti0n i or atida 278w read8 a8 r0u0w:
wThe-tenn Quun&,olpel 8ohoal distrlat,* a6 twed lo this kot, 8heUl inalude eny Oity or torn oon8tituung a lmgante sad iEuleponbmt 8ohool dietriet ueder authority or Se&ion S, or Artt)le 7, or the Oorutltuflon, es amade& aoa/or seotion 10, or brtlaZe ~1%. of the Con- 8Ututlon. the bounbariem of the 8ahool,wr- poretlonbdngthe same sathe boumhuieo of the city town and wh$oh,aia olty b*a a
population or thirty theuaend (96,000) or lees; aooording to the lest preoodlng wt0a Statss .” Cenaw *3 sod election looking to
Section 2 pro-cities for a p3ttitloa the aeparatloo 0r t‘n9 sch00l rr0s munioipal. control. seotloo s pre- _- aorlbes the rorz cf ballot, Zectlon 4 lbr tbe aanrass 0r returns and deoleratIon of result and coqmrate name. Section 5 relates ta tin powers conferred, Section 7 to the as8esaakent and oollaotion 0r taxes, SeatIon 8 tc property rights, 5eotIon 9 to bonds and outetandlng‘ob- llgatlons.
Seotlor 0, and Sections 10 and 11, of Artiole 27SSb mad as roii0ws :
"That the nePsla,ers of tbs Board or Bluoa- tlon orths boerd of trustwe of sunh WtnIei- pal l alwol Qistrlot ehall amtinue l athe PI- bma oftho Board of Ednaatlon or Ward d tma8tess of mh Imle~r&oat aoboe tU8tdat
eftormeperatIonrtolammIalpel controluatIl rorwhiah they bare boon elmkd or fhelr tums ~appolatad, as Umoese my bo, shall have qlro4, or until t&lr au8aessor8 Ban bo6n eleotod upd: ~ualiflea~ prodtIe& thet a gwurale@ation shall be held onthe rirst Sattudq inApaGIl.of eaah esr in v&lo h veaanoles on the board oooar, 1; 0 purpose of sleotlag tmrt*ea for aal4 r-r t z - vaaano~es far 6 tom 0r r0ur (4) parag pro- YidOd &her, that ia aass ai a T~~IUOJ or rseI&eetIon oi a member at the board of truatya, the raaaauy shell be filled forth8 uno*pIrd : tern bp qppointt~~t art60 b tae b0ua tmt~k~?.:
-Ii any wution, untame, oleuee or phreao or this Aat 16 held to U8OmtmtUtI~61, ueh dreialon shall nat efreot the validity 0r the PO- IIA&A~I~ POX%.%OA Or fhi6 h4t.
Hpaid A4t shall not rapml eey1.a elree~~ in wlstenee, ard eepd.elly this Aot ehellnot repeal Chapter 302 (Art. 278Sa 1, 0r thr Qu~eral tarr: passed by thu Party-flrat Legislature, et fte Rsmlar Se~sloa In 19.29, but seia law, as abreoed id said Chapter,shellend d-6 rwsin in ruu for00 anc.arreOtot, pad If that part 8*4ti0a ii ?qling that *this ii4t 8htm not eat3 espa4lally sballnot rep061 %qmal any lava 8lroaQ -in uiatmme, Artlole P78?ie*.be Interpreteb so literally e8 ta mean thet aef Jew *4 ~oonoreblc Ralph Logan, Xaarch ?7, 1939, Page 4
any city or tow continuing to operate ~itbout taklne epventage or said hrtiole P763b.
krtiole 2774a, Section P, et111 governs the length of' term of trustees in those alties and towns hsoing a population of lass than 73,CiQO end riarethe aoimob are at111 mnIoI~slly oon- trolled. ItwouldlIkewiss detenaine the length of term of trustees of a1044 districts whioh have been divoroed fnxsmunIoIpe1 oontxvl undu krtlole 27836. However, Section 10 or 27831, makes speoIfI4 pmvision as to tbs length 0rt4m 0r the trustees in those lade- pendmt school Gistriots forrmd unaer the euthodty of that ArtIdle. The team rixed is dour pars end It 18 p33md0ethat eleotIoa8 ahau held 6s Apti 1st of eaoh year $n whIoh *rewsls8 owur. Ouranwu t~four~~stionIathatt&~lengthoi Soad .* * tzu8tow inthei~~t~~eo iaquIra6 abmt Is r0pt yeara.