Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Hononblr L. A. rood8 Stat. Suprrlntrndrnt ot Sub110 &nrtruotlon Audi& Tour Dear s1rr We era in reoa w purporor over crrt8la I ruoh rohool dlatrlctr to ion8 8 oount dirtrlot containing ahox-8 than 100 rguarr ODB Of Art1018 29220, rlthout thr con trurt808 of @@oh or the oountirr Oounty llnr rohool dlntrlot. Civil Strtut88, 1925, ruthorltar 888 to (roup or annex rohool no to ibra rur81 high 8ohool trd ClrllStrtutrr, 1925, rastlraa 88 provided in ml018 2922r, 00nt8iidm MOOM than OZMhundred rqurrr alla@, upon a rota of l aa orlty or th0 ~8iirm rlroterrin thr mid pmporr a rural huh 8ehool dttrlot rOta rt an 8lrotlon callrd for 6uoh purporrrj and provided iurthor, that thr 8816 ~onorabla L. A. X0048, Fag8 2 board ot oounty rahoo~ tN8t888 a8~ ioro a iural high rahool 4l8trlct omtainln~ mom than eatan 8l@.X8Ilt@r~ di8triOtB Upon 8 tOtO Of 8 Z4jjority Of th8 qUBiiii8d VOtera in 88Oh Of the 018~8~tBr~ dirtriOt within 8UOh prOpO886 rUr@l high @Oh001 di@triCt.* Arti 29226, RbIi8ed civil StatUt88, 1925, prOtidr@: "The county board ot tNata~8 of two or more adjoining countirr ah811 hare the authority, u the srittrn order of 8 asjoritf oi the mambrrr9 o laoh CountJ boar4 001100~84, to l8t8bllah 8 county ~1118rural high 8abool dietrict, end to daaignata the oounty vihioh ahell hare auprrvlalon of raid oounty line rural high eohool dirtrlct. Sal4 oounty line rural h&h aohool diatrlot ahell be eovarnad 48 other tural hi&h rchool dlatriote herein pro- vldad for." (Un4 rrrcorlw our8.1 In CdwltySchool ?ru8taa8 ot Lubbook county~8. Earral County Line In4apen4ant Sohool 3latrlot (T. C. A. 1936), 95 S.V. (24) 204, Xrtlola 29226 wee appllad by the court in 8 situation 8lall8r to that pra8anta4 in your latter. In thet 0888, thr Countr Sohool Trustee8 of Lubbock County had baan giron 8upar- olelon and control of the Herr81 County Line Sohool tletrlot which lay in Esla and Lubbook CoUntiaB. The Lubbook County School TNBta88 081184 On lhCtiOtl an6 8ttW8Qt~d t0 @-OUp thi8COUfitJ line echool 418trlct with another dietriot to form 8 NrBl hQh @Oh001 dlrtrict contslni~ mora than 100 8qUBra dlea, without tir8t bati!q BOOW84 the OOIlBentOi th. County School TW8t.88 Of R818 COUlt~. Thr oourt held that the Lubbock County Board @Ct@d beyond it8 authority, 4nd iu 80 holding, 8tBkd: VIara tha inhibition ap.ainrtthr 8nnar8tion of the territory o? one ocunty to that oi *not&r ?or thr purpora of creating 8 rural huh aOhoO1 dlatrlct, without ftr oonrant given in the ssnnar provided in 8814 titiolr 2922a, ir, under the above rule, plainly prohibited .,..'&lohl+8a18 18 pl408d by @pp@l14nt@ upon the right Of Lubbock County TIU@t888 t0 take the 6CtiOXI8fOra88id kC4U88 ti81# County he4 thar8tororr lurrandarad to Lubbook 811 BUp8rriBiOll Of th8 echo01 BitUBtad ifl the tOSritOr7 labraoad in the Har.xal. County Line 3iatriot, Bnd wtilohln4ludad 8 p’rt Of R818 COUllty, on4 @am@ had bean lxeroi8e4 aontlnuou8l~ minor about 1916. The Honorable L. A. ~:0048, i'aga3 LagIslatura mmt here known, whrn It enacted said ArtlOla 29224, that there -8 prOb@blr than, or would tharar?tar ba, ntmamua oountr llna aohool 4I8trIct8, both comon and In4apan4ant. xeturally leoh or thee@ would have to ba 8Upa~I884 ?rom one county to 41014 oon?uaIoo. I? the mare rI&t or @U~@rVi@i0~ gsva thr 18~81 rQht Of 8lUl8II3t:Onto r-s rural high rohool d:@tr:otS, whr lnaot meld Art1018 29224, in It8 prraaat broad laneuaga,, ?or In every ca8a xbheraa comon or In4apandaEt 418trlot had bran forned, ouch rITht E? auparrialon In one or tha other o? the tw or lorr counties would be present? unacubtadly, tb3 le~I8latIva Intent m8 to prohibit any such annastationof tarrltory upon the prasant tect8, ?or the situation here Is to our sin48 plainly whst~could .hnrs bean ?ora8ean a8 ex- Iatlng In sany c8aaa when ,Irtlcla 29224 ~49 oaat Into its pramant. verbage. Tha language la apaol?Io 8fld@&dt8 O? no doubt. Tlia :resant 8ituRticlnis net ylda an exception, .saIt should hale bean, ard ooula aseil~ bc.robran, it such had bran lntonded.” It 18 olrroplnlon that t&n County Fosrd of F.chool Txurteaa or the county having, adainistratire control of 0 oounty line school district la rithout cruthoritf to conduct an alao- tlon and group or annex suoh diatrlct to snothsr school dletrlct to term 4 rum1 high echo01 dletrict, wlthcut tha consent o? each oounty board O? aahool tNSt@e@, (I8 pmvidbc in Arti 29224, R~+lra6 Civil St8tUta#, 1925. Tcuro vary truly ATTCRXSP GE:IBRAL CP TSXS Cm& C. Caaunaok A88istant ccc/O@ APFROVDJm 11, 1940 APPROVED OPINION n COMMIRES