OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

a- 0.I*AWI( mTommw--

Honorable IL 

### H. dritfln County Attorney Young county Graham, 

### ‘Pox.66
Dear Blrr opinionRo. O-l&U



### Rat Docl~

an in8uiri0i l rr40tth4 ~4udi a oop~llott

oonrolid

we 4r4 in rroelpt 0r 1939, in which you rtate t in Young County 4oonsollda 80lidat4aBohoolMstrlot 4pp0lnt4a 4e ll40t4d but time the board 0r tru trlot ha8 been oompo8

tut40 0r um, ror the abore me whether a failure to Rerlred Clrll 8tait of sohool taxes 8ohool dlatrlot. vi1 Statute4 of 1985, **pro**

n l aoh Or 8uoh dlstrlOt8. Ths oounty not104 0r the date 0r 8uoh dleotlon8 r the order in some newapaprr publlahed In the OOunty for tw4nty (iSI) days prior to the date Onrhloh 8uoh elsotlonr are ordered or by posting a notloe ot euoh eleotion in laoh Or the dl8triOt8 or by both aoh publloatlon and posted notlor. Th4 OOBURl8- 8iOn4r8'OOUrt 8hall at it8 n4Xt m44tlng oanYa86 the return8 or suoh 414otlon and ii the rot48 oaat In eaohHOG. E. H. 

### Grirrin, Page e.

and all distrlcte 8hoR a majority In l aohdlrtrlct voting 84paratelyIn raror 0r ruoh oonsolldatlonthe 00": ty-1 d4Ol.ar4 the 8ohoo1 bi8triot.sOonrolidated.
At the time the rohool dl8triotswere ooneolldated,the statuteoorltalned the 8-4 prOVisiOn althoughwith Slightlydirrerentwordlog. Artiole Ml7 l/C, Complete Texas Statutes, 1920.

Artlole 8808, Revised Civil Statutes of 19135, provides that "The oountyboard of rohoo1trustees it it8 nextmeeting arter suoh oon8olldatlon0r rchooldistricts Is deolared,rhall appoint a board cb 84V4n tru8tees far the ooneolideteddistriOt.* Provlalon Is al80 rmde **ror** the t4llll8 0r 0rflOe 0r raid tN8t448, their 414otlonand illllng or raoanciee. Slmllar requlrrmnts were oontalned In Artlole t817 1/4b, CompleteTexas Statute8, 1920. ~844al80 Aots 19300; U8t Legislature,Fifth Called Se84ion, p. Zle, Ch. 66, Seotion 5, appearing as Artiole 8774a,VernpIIcin18 Texss Civil Statutes, lQZ6, Pooket Part.

Art1014 e814,ReYi8ed Civil Statutea of 1925, provides In part a8 r0110w8:

Vaxlng and bonding pfnvers as are providedfor rlrewhereIn the laws of this State are.hereby guaranteed to ruoh oonsolldateddlstriote, * * ** At the date or the oonsolldation of the dlstrlots In quert&on,Artlole 2817 1/4(h), Complete T4Xa8 Statutes, lQZ0,provided:

"It is hsreln expresslyprovided that taxing and bondingpower8 as are provided for 4184where in the law8 of this Stateare hereby guaranteed to thedlstrlot oonsolidatlngunder the provisions ,oPthis Act, either oom20: tfhool dlstrlote. or lndepsndent 8OhOO1 districts,

Artlole Z704, Revleed Civil Statutes of 19Z5, oontain8 the following provision:

*The Commissioners*court tor the aommon sohool distriota in it8 oounty and the di8triot 8OhOO1truetees ror the lndependent~dletrlotslnoorporatedror 8ohool purposes only bhallhave power to levy and oauee to be oollooted the.annualtaxes and to Issue the bonds hsreIn authorized subjsot to the following provlslons:nHOG. 35. E. twrrin, Page 3.

It will be noted that under Artlole 2806 the Commlsslonere’ Court oanvasaea the returns of the election and declares the eohool distrlote ooneolldated baaed upon the result of euch election. Thereafter the.-oounty board or e.ohool trustees In oompllanoe with Article 2800 appoints a board composed of seven trustees. It was held in our opinion No. O-1229, addressed to the Hon. Loule T. Holland, County Attorney, Montague County, that : RTheoonsolldatlon of school di8triots b4COm48 srrectlve upon the oanvaaa of the election and deolaratlon of the result by the CommlssionersV Court 

### as provided 

### InArtiole 2806. Bland vs. Orangerisld Intlpendant Sohool DistriOt 

### (T.C.A.1929) 24 6.1. (26) 0

. The oon8olldatlon having been orreoted by the doolaratlon or the oommlee.lonersl oourt alter the canva88 or the election returns and the taxing power being lodged In the oommiseioner81 oourt and not In the looal board or txu6tee8 for oommonrohool diBtriOt8, it Is our opinion that the raiiw4 of the oounty board of rch001 trustees to appoint the proper number or trustees for the newly rormed oonsolldated oommon echo01 biatrlot would not Invalidate a tax levy maderor such district ae provided by law. Yours very truly ATTORNEYG- OFTEXAS

BY Cecil C'8%,"""!k

h3lstant
ccctm APPROVED

CCT10, 1939 (STAMPED)Approved Opinion Committee Robert E. Kepke By: B.W.B. ,Ohalrman ACTING

ATTORNEYGENERAL

OFTEXAS