Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

+CE OF THE,ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ::, I .AUSTIN . i ’ 6ROVER SELLERS 1 Arro~Nrr CEHLIA,. ; ; Eonorab1e.T.M. Triable FirstAssistantState Sup*rLniendent Wpazltrcent of Education Austinll,,Texas . DearSir: OpinionNO. O-6976 Re: Texg of Board of Direotors I / Your letter of Deoeraber6, mres requestiw an opinionuith to be servedby the presenttrustees JuniorCollageDistricthas been Ye believetho letternailed to .. ofDavis,Tll, C-lomens and ~fg``?wqw~gns~ved~ Ye thvref ore quote belov thLs‘let r of office. .Ue otion 2, because ts which am first ion 2 is further .’ ng lass than 75,000 . Article 2777a governinglndopend- 3, which lnoludesoitics of over ‘Vo reallybollove that Artiolo,2815h-4,3ec- . tion 2, probably.oontrolsfor the reason that vhilo this Is a vslidatinsoot it certainly‘hasa prospoo- tivo applicntion.andspacif3cailydeuls with Unioxl ': .- ' RonorableT. PI.Trinblo,page 2 ..- Juuior.College Dlstrlots. Ilefeel that.the Legisia- ture did not intend to prsscriboone term for trus- 'teesof Union JuniorCollom Districtstheretofore createdand anotherfor Diztrictsthereaftermoated. Ue knartof no legal objectionwhich vould prevent ' incorporation In suoh a statuteof a proopeo ivo;- provision; Thls Iwtter is not imodlatoly/t prmaing, of Dourso,but we Would like to have you and tiieAt- torneyGeneralglvo it yo*urfurtherco;l3idomtion. A copy of this letter I3 enclosedfor the httormy 'General. . "TheSan AntonioUnion Junioi* College District is coznposedcf six oo.mon school districtsand five independent oahool districts,as you ktmr. On3 of the independent diatriotsis croated uuder said lav for publioschoolpurposesonly and va understand that the othorfour ara crcstcd.undergoners1 lov. Rouo of thos am oitiesand tczins vhioh have assumd controlof the public 3ohool3." Irehave revlovedcarefullythe statutessattingup the stagesvhich shouldbe Pollwad in the eleotioaof trusteonto independent schooldistricts,arilaltiiough It my be said that hrciolo 2771tashouldbb appliedto sohooldi3triot3,vo do not feel that it is the statutethat should bo follmed in this instmoo. Me are inclimd to agree with the fourth psragmph as set out in the abova quoted lottm. Semto Bill'No.75, OS ‘ passedby tha 47th LeSislstum, Rogu1a.r S%wion, 1941, appmrs on Pago 6 of tha Generaland SpecialLaw4 47th Legislature, RegularSession,19Jk1.. Althoughthe caption of this bill indi- c~toa that it is a validatingact, there aro furtherwords to this cffeot: . 11 Providinafor the electionof a Board '. of Trkkk'for such ?uniorCollcgo Districts,and providktqoertainpavers and duties of such trustees;- a..... We thcrcforebelievethat this not is mora thm a validatingaot, and quotebelov Sootion 2 of tha aot whiah sets out a u&hod of 0lectinStrustoosfor a Junior CollegeDL3trLot; . - hIonorable T. M. Triiuble, Page 3 :. . ~* ?Seo..2. The trustoos electedfor such Junlor CollegeDlstrlcts,after taking the oath of offloe, r&alldivide theanwlvosinto three classes: Class I, eon3fstingof tvo uembers,aball serve for Monayeoar Clfh 11, consistinSof tvo neobors,who shall serire ‘icritwb years;and Class III, consisting of three r&- aaikifng members, vho shall serve for tnree goars. -?'Onthe firat Saturdayof April of eaoh year after suoh trusteesfirst eleoted shall hz~vvoserved for a pariod of at least ono year, an olactlonshall bs held to fill w-me nembars of trus- tees whose ter;ll3 explra that year. Such trwtoes so cleotodshall 8erve for a term of three years." (Ea~pbasfsours.) (3ee Article 281511-4,Section 2, Vernon'sAnnotatedCivil statutes.) It is the consideredopinion,tharafore, of this depsrt- sent that the presentboard of trustee3 vho were evidentlyelected .. ~3013stineafter IJarch1, 1945, should sarve for Q period or'at leastone year, that is, their term of'oZioe vould not expire .. untFlApri1,1947, at vhioh tina an entire bard of trusteesnhould . be olooted. After they hnve been eleotcdand duly waliSiod, they shouldfollovthe prozoduresa3 outlinedin Ssctlon2 of Artiole 2815h-4. Thereafter,and On the first Saturdayof April of each year,an elootionshould be held for tho groupwhose term sxpires at that tim3. Trusti* that the above 8ati3Saotorily answersyour in- we are Yours very truly .. . I. 33. N. DcGourin Assistant 3 ' t ._