Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

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Ol=FlCEOFTHEAlTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Fe.l?ruary 1, 1946
Eonorable T. Lt. Trlmblr
Plmt derlstant Superintendent OS iduoation
Aurtln, T e .x a a
Dear Sir: Opinion No. O-6989
Be: NW the QuiW Independent Sohool
YOU hare repuerted an opinion fropl t
Irtg the matter rererred to your department
Honorable Y. C. Irom
Sohoola. Said
aot it set up a
n Soho Di8trlot
. -59, and Clover
e all ommolldated
IatrlOt. iVlththis
pre8ent Board of
lred that a #even
ttsr services to the school
0r among some that this number &E
bers under the
dependent 3x0~1
re questi:igyou
ling from the
General as ta tne legality of the proposition.
“If the above camot be done se request ififorma-
tion as to Wst proaaedure should be fallo;uedin order
that this ructbarmay & raised irod five to saven.”
Ben. T. Y. Trimblr, pace 2
IA reply thereto we advise you as follouar
The Quitman Independent Sohool DiStriot was oreated by,
S. B. 106, Chapter 61, Looal and Speolal Laws of the SeooAd Call-
ed Session ot the 36th L&alature. Said 9. B. 106 was approved
July 22, 1919, aAd b eo a me lfiootiva the same date. SeotioA 3 of
sa idlot rested the management and oontrol of the pub110 rree
lohoola within raid independent diatriot in a board ot trustees
of Sire membero, Sa idleo tio nF ur th eprr o r ldaSo
a r two year ter ms
of moe ior eaoh trustee, three to be llooted at the gonoral
truatae llootlon in April of 1920, and.therUiter, tno and three
trurrtoeo, rea otitoly, to bo llooted at the 6oaonl trutoe
llootloA IA a Fternate years. There are other provisiona ot said
sot rhioh ued not be referred to, as they hare AO bearing upon
this opinion.
ht. 2806, B* a. 8.. 1925 as armndod br. Aot of 1945,
,49th Leglalature, page 416, ChapD $64, Par. li ;m&h&r,eraa
protiding the method ior.oenaol dating le1wa
rohool.diatriota, or oontiguou~ lndependent~ lohool diatriotr, or
one or more indopendont aohool dlatriota end one OT aore oom0r1
lohool dlatrlota ooaatituting as a whole one oontlguour territory.
Said aot furtherprovides ln part as follou8~
..
“Where oM or more inbrpendent abhodl dirtriots are
ooAaolidated together or with One Of more 00mmOn 8ehool
dirtriots, the oonaolidated dlatrlat rhall oonatitute an
and ahemo IAl the Vista,
d to independonf lohool dlatrlota
by the laws OS this State.
“If only oAe indopeAdent aohool dlatrlot is oonaolidated
ivithoAe or aore comon school districts the consolidated
district mall bear the nam of auoh iAdep6AdeAt sohool distriot,
and the board of trustees of aaid Independent aohool dlatriot
ahall serve as the board of trustees of the oonaolidated
diatriot until the next regular election of trustees, as
prescribed by general law, at wzich time the consolidated
distriot shall elect a board of seven (7) trustees, whose
;;owers, duties, and term of office shall be ir,aooordanoe
with ths proviskus of the general laws governing independent
aohool diatriota, as they AOW exist or may be tnereafter
enaoted;---A* (&aphasia ours.)
Said Art. 2806, before it was amended in 1945, read iA
part a8 r0iiows;
Hon. T. b1. Trimble, pa;;e3
nC~mmon sohool dietriots may in like naMer
be oonaolidated with ooAtiguoua~indepeAdent aohool
diatriota, eAd the diatrlot so orrated ahall be known
by the name of the iAdepeAd8At aohool diatrlot iA-
eluded therein, and the nmnagement OS the new diatriot
shall be under the aXlatin board of truatsea of the
indeeaent,rohx
i i1 m6t.r
-+!,o and 811 the rrchtraiiii
pr 1 egea ga to independent aohool diatriota by
the laws of this State shall be given to the OOAaolidat-
ed independent diatriot Or88t8d under th8 proviaioAa of
this law;---." (imphaala oura.)
It will thus be noted that under said Art. 2806, before
and rlnoe lta rlnal amendment by the 49th Leglalatw, when one
or more indoueendent lohool dietriots are oonaolldated tOR8th8r
with oAe or iore ooauao~ aohool diatrlota, the oonaol1dat~d
diatrlot ooAatltutea aA &Ad8P8AdeAt-aohool``~dlatrlot, and has
au the rlghta and prT Til8R88 RraAt8ddindeu8Ad8At aohool
dlotrlota by the laws o? this State.
Theraron, under the protlalona ot Art. 2806,,.R. 0. s., 1925(
as Snmded. the Quitnan IAd8DSAd8At sohool DlOtrlOt. linoe its
ooAaoll~ation ni&aererai okaoA SohOOl dlatriota,~ia still
an lnde ndent lohool dlatrlot; Its present truatee``at-
IZR-~?+~ZX oiateea of-tire m8mbara. shall Oerve as a
bo&d Of truateea of th8 oonaolld8ted dlatrlot until the A8Xt
regular eleotlon of trustees, as preaorlbed by g8A8ral law,
same being Art. 27'77, R. C. S., 1925. At that tima, bein& the
ifrat Saturday or~Apri1 following ooAa6lidation, the ooAaolidat-
sd dlatrlot shall eleot a board of ~30811 truateoa, whose ,powera,
dutloa, and terms of ofiioe shall be iA aooordanor with thb pro-
r~aioAa oi the g8neral laws governing indepeAd8nt.aohool dlatrlota.
Tho quea5ion AQY ariaas oonoernlng the terms or 0rfl08.0r
the aev8n trustees of the ~ultman (oonaolldated) IAd8p8nd8At
Sohool District, to be elected 8t the general elsotion to be
held on the first jaturda: in ;r;rilof 1546. zaid terzs &x
&OV8rn8d by the provisioA8 of at. 277i+a,V. A. C. 5. Laid
art1018 was passed in 1530 by the &lst.- Legislature, Fifth
Celled 38asion, ZaCe 212, Cha>ttr 66, ;eo. 3 tnereof reads
in pert as follows:
"&8CtiO& 3. The board of coUlityscnool trtisttxsat
its next neetkg aftar the cocsolidation of scLoo1
dl8triota la declared %;a11 a;;oint a board of seven
trustees for the consolidated distriot. MO ?irsoA shall
be trustee who o8nnot read and rr:te the ;n:lish laA~uai;e
understandingly,and who has not been a resident 01'this
Stat8 on8 y.-ar,and of the district six SoAths, prior to
his appointment or electior~. Those elected at thz first
elaction .¶.'.a11 5LLt;l‘z:JE j; lot 'r:1.;
t=y:-i'3yyeAE cz"e
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numbers four and five ahall sdrva for two years and the
two mambsrs drawing numbers 81x and seven shall servs
fcr thrss yaars, or and until their suooessors ars
elsoted and qualified; and regularly therasfter on the
first Saturday in April of eaoh year three trustees or
two trustees shall be eleotsd for a term of threa years
to suooasd the trustees rho88 term shall at that tlma
srpire. The members of the board remaining after a
vaoanoy shall ill1 the sass Sor the unexpired term.*
(Empharir ours.)
Sso. 7 of said Arty.. 277l+i reads as followst
wao. 7. All laws and part8 Of lawr, bothgeneral
and speoial, in oontliot with the provisions of this aot
are hsrsby rapealsd.a
B8iore'tho parr&gs or Art. 27748 the term8 oi orrioe or
trustees of OOn8Ol~aatsa rohool ai8tri0t8 were rhea br Art.
2898, R. C. S.,.1925; wkioh tab.anaotad in 1919 by the 36th
Legislaturr, S000na c8ued Session, chap. 65 H. B. lid, Page
167. said Art. 2808 provias8 Impart a8 rdmt
“The terms Of OffiOa Or three Or ths trll8tSe8 8haU.
expire on the first day.oS Ray next hollowing ,t+hsir
appoitttmsnt, anb the term8 or orrioa 0r ths Other' tour
trurters shall expire'011 the first day of May of the
utoosaaing year, as those so appointed rhqll datsrmlns
by 10% i8Oh year thereafter altsrIUjt8ly thrSs trrutaer
ma four trusters shsll be 818Otea by the pualiriea voters
or the distriot on the first Saturday of April, tttta
trustsss so eleotad shall enter upon the dlrohargs of
their autie8 on the first day 0r May next r0iiowing, ma
serve for a term of two years thereaftsr.v
Therefore, Art. 2&3 has been repealed insofar as it con-
fliots with the provisiots of sea. 3 of Art. 277&a. Xhere thcra ,
is such a conflict, Jet. 3 0;’Art. 2774a must be foiip2??ba, supra, for other
prOOeading8 whloh said new board of trustees 8hhouldfollow.
718further dlreot attention to the following faotr: Seotion
3 of Art. 2?748~8pplisSto all oonsolldatad dbtriots, both oommon
and independentexospt as mfied by Art. 2806 Rawle C. A., 1925,
Q8 IWWta8a. By'the provirioni, 0s 88ia Art. 280&, as amenara the
~uitman Independent Sohool District, after baing oonsollaate~a8
8fOre88ld, IS Still an independent sohO di8trlOt. Thersfo;re,it8
present five-member board of trustees shall continue to serve as the
board of trustees of said oonsolidatea aistrlot until the next
regular elaotion 0s trustees. Ill this respeot, Art. 2??4a is (nodiriea
by Art. 21306, as amended. The board of county sohO trustB88'~has
no authority to appoint a new board of seven trustees for a oon-
aolldated inaeoenaant sohool dietriot. It doe8 have suoh aU=itY,
under Seo. 3 of.Art. m-wlen oommon sohool districts on1 are
oonsolldatad;and such authority ~beexarcised at SafdUttY
boara's nex~tmeeting after the consolidationof such school dietriOt
is deolared. Also, since the kultman IndependentSohool District
ie now a o:nsolldated lnde ndent school district the terms 0s 0rri0e
0s Its seven tzustzes \-em dt be .;JverIkii
tjr
the provisions of seid sec. 3 of Art. 2??4e, ant not by the Povisio::s
of Xrt. 2758 of the ;3,.C. j. of 1525. This la,staentior?edartfcle
a?;;liesto iridepez.dentsczool districts creat&d 6nd inCOr;oret~d
mder the provisiocs of .,rt.2757, ;i.C. 5., 1525, as pointed out
and discussed ir our ijpi~;o~::a.C-1595.