Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

see L8tter oplnlon Boor 80. 188
t8gs61g;m~ 4, 19l4, M. OS
mute*8 ot XSD are not rai&ubed
to ednr8ln iw bids for the
lno tio nof 8ehoOl’hou808 bunt
Honorable T. Il. Trimble
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Austlr, Texas
Dear sir, OpimiOB HO. 0-62s*i
RIB:msthsr bumtoss or oomon~sohool
distriubzmy,auaM a buildiagORB-
tractwithout admrtia~ for Mds.
(Bee rots klew)
Ws an ia rsseiptof your lettsr of Huoh 17, 1939,whsr~im$ou
requestour oplaion.i*respoasoto the followlagquestions:
*l@'ti trGtesi of a o-c& sohooldistriotlegallybt a buildingoo*
traot agaiti thCbolla,ft+dwithouttflrsfhrpI% adwrtissd fisrMds? If ths
tmstssi tie not psrmittsdto do tbls,rhat would bs the requiredldmd of
adwrtisiag?*
!&s authori* for ths trustws of ocwoa,soimol distriotsIW mrrh
suoh oomtraatsis folud In Artiole 2762, Rsvistid
Civil 6tatntss,lhioh
ma&s
as follows:
"The trust088of a sohooldirtriotshall ooatraot, for the ereotioaof ths
&buildings ad ~mperl~o~d,thaooartraotiomof the 8a-w``~udtho oouatysup
erimttidat Shilldr*ohis wuramt upoa the sohool fund so appropriated
oaly upon the aoooumtsfirst apprmsd bp them. 1pomsohanio,oomtraotor,
matsrlalmm, or other psnoa, oam ocmtraotfor, or ia my otbsr.mmmsr
have or aoqairew Lisa npo~ Mm houn so oreotedor the lamd upon whioh
the same is situated;and all oontraotswith suoh partiesshall qossly
stipulatefor a miwr of such lien."
It till la loted that same oontainsno requirsmsatfor the trus-
tees to sulmitwoh oo``traots to oompstitlvebiddimg. Wtiole 2566a,
Revised8tatats8,make* rsquiremmntsof that nature psrtaini8gto osrtda
oontraotsof oitissaad ooumtiss(the latteraoting throughtheir oonmissior
ers( oourts),but neitherthat statutsnor w other ekes q suoh pro~i-
sioa relativeto the oontraotsmentionedin your inquiry.
++ Rote: f?ssLetterOpinion &ok 166, Page 619. Bard of trusteesof in-
depemdslltsohooldistriotsnot requiredto advertisefor bids for the
erectionof sohoolhousesbailt under their supervision. July 14, 1914.
Hon. T. M. Trimble,page 2 (0.525)
The aearsst case la point rbiohws have been able to Piad Is
that of Staplubonv. Trussall,196 S.W. 269. Thereinthe trustw had
a@mrtiwd for bids lxatuthad not 1st the oontraotto the lowsrt Udder.
Mter.quotiag ths abwe,Artiols 2762, ths Court said:
*So doubtlessthe tmstw oomplaimd of la this aotior had
the pcmer, under ths law, to advertiseamd rsoelveMds for
th& ersotioxof a sohoolhoussla oomo8 schooldistrlotRo.
673 but thsrs is nothlag ir the la1 that'arbltrarilyrsquirw
such 'boardto aooept the lowestMd that may be rsoslted. As
speoiflsdin the law, thsir power in making suoh oomtraots
IS g8n0ral,d ix the m83t00 0r mitatm8, thsp PTO
requiredmerely to aot faithfullyaad la the oxoroissof their
best judgmsprtso as to best remoths iatsrwt of their dis-
triot.*
In wrigh% v. Jomos, 120 5.X 1190, It -8 heldtit the trustaos
of m independentschool could cppoitia oomittos to lot suoh a oontraot,
tho board of trustsosauthorizingand adoptingthe same.
There is mo xosd to answsryour sooondquestion,siaoom
answeryour first imtho afflrmatioe.
Your0 wly lmlly
ATTQRNZYGENERALOF BXAS
Ey /s/~Glon B. Lawis
Gleap R. Inrim
Assistant
GFiL:N:egw
APPROWD: .-
/s/ H. F. Moore
FIRsTASSIS!r!mT
ATTORNEY GRNRRU