Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable T. C. Chadlok
county Attorney
Wood CQunty
Quitam, Texas
Dear Sir;
kahlll.d~8‘roo‘ of your opinion requ*n of
%' ,wr$, uote prom~your letter a8 folJow8r
an
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ne Txonmi6nQ6hool Dirtriot lemwd bond8
0 464 now QWXIMby the Wood
Beho Fund; ruoh bondr oontain-
hat they ml@& be raoallrd at the
ver; 8lnw the tlmo of frmanoa
Sohool Dlstriot ha8 been absorb-
a Indepemlont Sohool Dlstriat,
ohool distriot ammhg the pay-
e bonda; the Wneola distrlot defaulted
annual int8rsrt to the extent of $tICC.OO;
the loinesla dietriot ham oallrd the bond8 for p4p
ment of the prlnoipal.
“The Wood County Board of Eduoatlon wed the fund8
in the Available Sohool Pun6 for adminirrtratire ex-
penne benefioial to all t&e o~mnon sohool ditiriot4
OR FIRS, .*sI*TANT
Honorable T. C. Chadiok, page #S
of the county, inoludlng Lone Pine, prior to lQS1),
without prorating the independent aohool dfetriote
their share, inoluding the Mineola Independent.
Slnoe the abeorptlon of the Lone Pine Dietriot the
Yineela 4letriot ha8 reaeire4 lte pro rata share
of the Available Sohool Pund.
*The intereet on the $4,000.00 band is ourrent
for the year 1940.
“The YLineola dietriot mfueee to pay the #~OO.OO
in aoorued lnteraet on t&a $4,000 obligation, but
offers to eet this intereet olaim of the Permanent
sohool Pun4 off againet tha Nineola district olaim
agglnet the AvaIlable Sohool Fund.
PROPOSITIONS
Number one
wAoorue4 unoolleotad interest on bon48 0wne4 by
the Permanent Sohool Fund of a oounty is the paw-
party and a part of the Pemianent Sohool Fun4 until
oolleoted, ati not a part of and the property of the
Available &hool Pun4 until suah #OlleetlOn.
HumberTwo
“The olaia of an independent eohool dletriot for
ite pm rata ehare of the Available Sohool Tun4 of
a oounty arlelng when euoh fun48 were urea for ad-
ninietratire expenee oi the o o mmoln
ahaol dlstrlote
of the oountg onnnot be eet off ag%lMt the olaim
of the County Permawnt Sohool Fund for intereet on
bonda the independent eohool dietriot aeetuwd on the
ab6orption of a oommon eohool dietriet that *PO a
benefioiary of the fulde use4 for adminietmmtire
erpenre.
IWnber Three
*County Available Sohool Fun4e cannot be appro-
priated to pay indebtedneee lnourrsd in yeere pre-
~ioua to Its aolleotion.
Honorable 0. C. Chad&ok, page #S
W l * * We request an anewer $e each of the
pivpo8ltlo~.=
The Constitution and Statutes ennetea thereunder ae-
dare what shall oonetitute the S&101 pun4. Conetitution,
$tib9, Sea. g-6; Revfeed Cirll Statutes, 1985, Arts. eSg.3-
- .
Tha Oounty Available Sohool J'un4 18 the fund whioh is
used te pay the admlnletratire end operating erpenee of the
rohoole of the oounty. This fald 18 derit84 from several
80uroe8, one of whioh is the Interest arising from any bonds
belenglng to the Penmneat School lbnd. Arts. SSPb aId ebS4,
Retlee Civil Statutes; 39 Tex. Jurieprudenoe, pages 860-1-e.
The laanagement en4 oontml of the available fun4 eeme to be
in the oounty eohool truBtee8, aotlng through the oounty euper-
inteindent. Oge, et al vs. yroboeee, et al., 64 S.W. 6SS.
The Permanent S&o01 FW4 18 a trust fund for eduoatlon-
al purposes. The aoontise are mere trustees for the Bm4e an4
the publio eohoole are the banefloiarlee~ 84 Tex. JUriepru4enue,
060, and oases olted therein. This departmat he8 had that
the OOIimi88ion8r8' oourt ha8 the reepctneibillty or intesting
sad eafeguarding this tuna. Attorney General*8 Opinion Number
0-14S4; Art. 9, Sea. 6, of the State Co~tJtutlon; Qt. MU,
Revised Civil Statutes.
The purpose of the foregoing 41seueelon is to show that
the Permanent Sohool sund and the Available sohaol Fund are on-
tlrely separate and dietinat funds, under Qanegemnt and control
of different gprernlng bodies and sea-m tww different purpoeee.
As stated above, the interest lri8ing from bonds belonging to
the Psmianeat Soboo Pund, becomes a part of the Available Fun4.
We underrrtand thle eontemplates the money aelleoted es beooming
a pert an4 not the mere right te oolleat, which is lnahoate,
end, until the money is ooll8ote4, aennet be lx e r elSe4
b ya ny
entity except the trustees aotingt for the Permanent Sohool pun4.
The Interest does not beoome a part of the Avellable ?un4 un-
til aolleoted an4 properly ploeea in eald fund. Un4er the
faote eubmlttea we are not paee2zig~‘upon the question of whether
or not this oleim agtdnet the eohool fun4 Is a &et one, but
whether euith &aim is just or not, it oannot be set off against
the Permanent S&o01 Fun4.
Bonorable T. C. Chadiok, page #4
Therefore, It is the opinion of thie department that
m;r;;;et two propositions, as stated by you, are true and
.
We do not feel that we here been furnished with euffi-
oleat lnfornvtion to apply your third propoeltlon to the facts
submitted. Howeter, we till Hate, aa a general rule, tha8
eahool fun4e aannot be appropriate4 to
aauro4 In yeere prwioue to its oolleat y on. ingE”$y:. ‘gas
seek, 58 S.W. 956.
Truetlng that this answers pour question, we are
Very truly yours