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### THE 

## AYTCBI~NIEY GENERAIL.

OF TEXALJ

,‘ i: April 15, 1947

Hon. T. Mi Trimble, First Asaiatant State Superintendent of Public Instruotlon Department 0f~Eduoation Austin, T~XUJ 

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done soti l

ereral months prior to Jam uary 1, 1947. This territory was i* olu4ed b ordinance bf the City GOIZWS

### 33ion witi out 

### a vote 

### of 3232

### peoplem, K sldlrig in the territory. ltPJCast:advLee us concorning the fOuOWiAg questions;

“14 DOOS the terslC& 1 anaoxcrl to the City oI’ Q&or autonat oally become a part of the City of Ty&er aud aa aush constituted a part oFthe T#ua imiopendent dietzlot9 *e. Does the Oity Commlssia* af the City of Tyler have auth@ty, bg ,hl, to extend the cltr &iaits of the dQs of TY&QX

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### Ho& T,M. Trlmble- age 3 (Y-141)

dlrtriot69 Doe8

### Artdole86@6 (Aabe ASLO,36th &we.) apply &,a

### tothe 

### abr mmpt10n 

### oi ioddbtadn4w8 ~nt&oned in qwrtioa No4 ST

X&it a zeaponuibility of the &omkirrlon of the City of 

### Tylerto 

### detomb the amu&t of the obligation to be asmmed bj She aity in payment of a 

### part of th@ optetanding obllgatloa of 

### theatfvtiti diatlbeta, or is thle a reeptibllity or the Tyler independent 

### soh001truea team; or do the oounty trusfrcNs and 

### theoonuwnrohool

### district ~tm8terr IuIva jmr&64lotion;orfa ita joht *rrpomLi&lity of the myera author- &ties mentioned to ad&& the indebt- ;$y6~a6 betwaen the .aHWtf;csddim

--. “a. fe there any remponatbitlty

reatlng on the City of l’ylar So br%w to the attention of the 

### sohoolauthor

### itie of 

### d~strilbfs affeotsd by the ezteas1o.a of the oity limita to the sfreot that territory has beeh inoluded in the 

## oi,tylimits and that, such distriote, by virtue of the a-6 of their 

### territory, should be zv-satab liehed and re,-dafinrd, rruoh

### notGxtor, aotiose oontaiting map8and field 

### not06 of tbrritom frrtolved and au&hother inforiaation needed to am&t tha aohool authorities ia adjusting the&r 

### businesar 

### andbudget0in oonformltpwith the ebb,; brought ,about by1 the oity autb-

.

“9. In 9i.w of,ths fact Ylhatthe dietrlcte in 

### question ham -trotbeen ail yet re-eetabllshed a& Fe-defined by thePan. T. Y. Trlmble - Page 4 (Y-141)

County !%ard, la this oonstrued to maanthat these dlstriota my ba reoognizad for taxing purposes and for school census purposes the mm aa thoq,h no change had been madein their boundary llnas? ,l)oea the.action of the City ~ommicaion taken prior to January 1, X947, meanthat the dletriotr in effect were at that time re-eetablish& imd re-def fned and that as a matter of cour& would 80 be reoognized by ,a11 parties eoncerned7w Seations 64, 65, 66, 67 and 6S of the alty oharter of Tyler, %*exas, a horn rule city, which ‘charter was apprwod on December 1, 1936, proPida that the City of Tyler shall continue to be an independent school dlatrick having able ana exclusive ooot~l or its pubiio free schools subject to the law8 of Tesa6, and that said sc~ols &all be governed and controlled py a boati of seven (7) trustees to be appoint@& by the oity eommleafon 

### untiltheir.,suocessore~ are elected and qualified. Sootions 69 and 70 provide that the public fme soheols or the ofty r&U be under the rxolualn oontrol and auprnirion of euch board or

# trwteeri which mhall

# have full power to manage, control and govern aaid 8ehoola granted under the charter as well a8 all powarr ganted~ or that maybe.granted by the laws of the State of Tegs to indepsndant aahool distriata.

It is our underatandfng that there ia no Qosstion oonaerning the validity of the annexation of adjamnt territory $inquestion to the Glty of Tyler and that ths camewas legally coneunmated by the .proper city authoritier aotiag in full conformance with Seotlone~dl and 62 of the oity charter and 

### enumorato6 powers granted to tha dty by VitiU@ ,Oi fb wWi8iO1~ Of miOh3 ii7fi, $bOtiOh
t”&G$&m in the ofiy hae not been separated from au&-

and further that the independent sohool dlsolpal control.,



### InAttorney General optnion Noi O-364l.this Depacfrnent properly held that Art ale 2804, V.C.S., provides that whenever the limits of a city which conatititee an independent aohool district are extended atidenlarged 80 as to lnolude adjaoent lndependemt or oomaon school dietriots, the territory so lnaluded “shall hereafter becorn a part md portion of the independent school d1striotHoa. T. II, Trimble - P8ge 5 (V-14$)



### oomtltutd by sooh lmoorporat& eltp; ml In Opinion lOorO-2554, It wa8held that if the city ie suoh an Inoorperatod city oonrtltutlng an lpdopendent 8ohocl dlrtrlot, thea the l

xt8a8len of it8 boundaries would ltortloally opente to aand the bQMdar10b of the mu& olpelly oontrclioa~iadep6ndent 8ohool dlrtrlot. City of Boustofi ~8. Tod, 276 8.W. 419; Washlngtoa H&&Him I.S.D..TO. City or Ft, Worth, 2Sl S.W. 34L See also reoent, cau 

### holAIngtothe 88188effeot, City of Beaumont zGfii; va. Breadurn, t62 8.8. 81 406,wrlt of error re-

. Aooor+bgly, our amw8r to your tlr8t qu88- Uon 18 In the aftlzartlve. This amwer, of oour8e, Is predloated on the asmmptlon that the Tyler 'Ind8peadent Soho DI8trlot ha8 not b88n mmparsted or Utoroed from mnlolp81 oontrol uader the authority of ArUol8 2783b, V.C.S. Art1018 #OS Y.C.S., proVIdr8 a mthod for 

### theWstten810n~i& olty 

### lkta forschool purpe888 onlp upon a petition o? 

### a~Jorlty of the rrsldant qual,ifIed voters OSthe territory to b8 MlPa into the 

### oityonly ror 8uoh purpo888. Poteet *se Brldgrm, IHBSrW. 415, The third paragraph of Article 2804, provides further that t& automatic enlargommt oi~'eohool boundules ooertrnelve with the enlargement of mualolpal boumlarles 8hould:not 

### result

### ii it 

# wore detsnained. by th8 toter8 or th8 incorporated 

### oitf tkrt tlw 

### addidterritory 

### taken,fnto the arnlolpal 

### Aim&t8

### shouldnot be taken la for 8uhcol purp068~* Aa-eordinglp our 8h8wer to your second qurs

### tloiI8 I* the 

### airimatire provided the city coamI88lon aotr..wdor the provf8lons of prtlole 2804, third parrgraph, and an eleotlon held thereunder laaade&malged that thmterritory to be amexed to the aity rrlpall not kaosae a part of the idlspmdent school dietriot oomtltut84 by thmsoid city.



### Oaranswer to 

### yourthird quaatlon is in the l tii*rOln

pmvlded the city 

### oomaIs8lonrollowe the pro? obluro or mtbde set out in Lrtlcle 2803, V.C.S.

.A$tlole 2805, V;C,S,, provides a8 

### rollews: W all ca8ea where a district 18 embaaed withi@ an lnoorpcrated city or tow8, a8 prsrld& la th8 preaodlng Arti-.

Hon. T. W. Tdmbls - Pa@ 6 (V-ltiI)

cle (Art. 2804); **and la**  all, ease8 

### whereanytown 

### orvilla@a has been OX may be in00rp0ratea r0r me school purposes only (Art, 2603) and which &all include within tha limits t,hereof any portion of any oomon sob001 district which has au outstanding. bonded indebminess, then such city, town or village

th6 ofl wh dlstdot ; **the pWqiortion**  of the Intanst and prinot al o? .woh bonded iAdebtedtmdbfal **,i whkh**  **it ie**  **Uabh+; (lorpbasis**  **aore)**

Th6proper answers to your ?emth and tlS!th questions **ax6** iou.Wia th6 provi85onr or Article tdos above quoted, 

### rkerin wehavriadSaat6d 

### Drunderlining, Tn.-City of Rouston vs. Tod, 258 S. W. 839, it war’held, ano- other things, that a failum of a oity, whtch oonetitutea an ihaepemnt school. district, upon extending ite,lis&ts so aa to include part oi an adjaaent distriot which thereupon beoaae a part of the d5striot constiZlited by the oity, to provide for the 

### assumption of its tionate part of the indebtsdnses of a school ropordistr at it dltieished by ex.tenslon, does not render auah 

### extension void', slnoe Article 2805 deffnitely fires- liability oi the olty for such indabtedneae.

E;:* ’ Wequote from the ease or Washington Hsightr

vs. City of Ft. Warth, supra, at page, 345, a8 fol-

‘Tin makidn~t&e than@ an6 in *A* loniA9the ahhexation, the LsgislaWe **la&mded** that, the liabllfties aa we&l as the ri&kr W propez*Qyof ths or-*. .

Hon. T. M. Trimble - Page 7 (V-141)

5~1 independent sohool d5rtriota, as to the parts of the territory aetaohea, should be taken over by the Qity. Tho wohoolhouws and school sites passed 

### de a right appurtenant to the territory 

### orparcels 80 allotted or annexed to the city. The board of trustees of tbs original Independent aohaol diatriot would, by operation of law, lose all oontrol and rl@t of managenuuitover the tranoferrea portion aqd the proper

### ty thereonfmm aad afBor tha time tho banex&loa or transfer koomas leeally

. 

### l



### ffeotlsr.Eat the vest& of the s’5@ fn the 

### oity to

### talcs over the pal-tion of 

### toraWorp 

### oftheorl,ghal~ ln&pan&nt whoa1 di*ioti rlw raqalne~~ alluwaaoe



### ., ,Jay the oit trloteOSs 

### to the f3,aScI origlacl d&as ts proper proportiorr of ’:fhe value of the improvement.8 madeupon t&e ~~glaes. The oity aan mba this &.

## ataftertheatiemloa, 

### ar,'tho,~, x&& 0 not 

### roquln 1t 

### tobe.dOnebefore**

i **2** slupoa between. the3govwa&ng body



### at tibhai

ECI gttOm ana the 

### doQheritis5 r l 

### Thie&4&laatLon andArtlole 2805 

### ooverathe mtf*#e Ht out .fn )~~lf sixth question and 

### meanbto authoriw ‘ohs e$jaatuot OSaqultles between the two ahthoiltlr6 (Um ova~&ng body & such oit# eindthe author;ltles or 8uah SO

&01 

### tlSrWie4s whose areas 

### he&ebeen diminished) 

### rolw~t4dL7 aa Clwymayqxee, or by a jaUio5al proceeding if mwemry.

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Hon. T. M. Trirable - Page 8 (V-&41)

W5thrmimot te your ei&Sh question, we ham found no 8tmtM.e, aer ha8 any been brought to our attsntian, w&b .~cl?5aally plaoss the respons/btlity on the aity of qZer to ~otlfy the sohool dietrlOt# affected by the 

### eztenslpnor to provlcie field notes, plats, etc., denoting the newboundaries of the alty. However, necessarily, ht would seein to ?oll.ow ths f---=-AcLs 

### 2802.~ der5nit~.ly. fixes tha_liabLU...0! ..~ tpe .~Wxi for its .._ $S@~ol’tionat& @Mi of the $ndebke.&ee# of~.,.t.k..!35 &rick-- 

### diminished,

by the !JrtW?liOA, 8aaox84 ~krrttozy for

or indebta&msa.

30 hmo lmmin la 

### ani3war to ow?

# fitet guestion iadvisob that t&i sttansioa of We : d ty of TyLer boaadarls s epsnkd to s0FQb.athe bauadariea of it oqttollkd inda~enbent aohool dlstr5ot. To th6 l rtiemt the botiary of ‘tadaoity icJs

### peso* attheo1

dfsariot was 

### ohmgod beindud portion8 et the arow s? the oommoneehool dlaltPLbt8 a??edted t&w&y, the boundariss of the dltieldhed oemoa mohsol dlrtrlcte also for all purpose8 automat~~alky mm **ar** footed W- ahctllged-thereby. True, the mm&y wheel board acting 

### underthe prwialons CP? 

### LrfloleWMr, froMon 

### 2; 2742b,Saotion9,

### and/or 27681,9rrbfea1,hm.’

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. .. . HOB.T. IL TrLabla - Page 9 (V-141)



### theauthorityto changethe boundary end effeot adjustmats of bonded indebtedness of ao-called rural common aad i&iqWb&Mit eebool dia%riots, but it has never been xeoogrdz+8t that the county eahool board had authority over &unl.cipall~ cohtrollad In&pendent school c?istricts. Broadus ease, supra. hrtiole E&31, V.'C..3+, specifically protidee that *a xeooxfd of school ?istrlote" **ah0U3.a** be lospt by the cuunty board 

### showi oh#mg*amede in schooL datricst“f; the field.@tes of all 

### ima; howmax, it is apparent that this Axticle does net refex to sohools over'whioh ofties a&dtowns have aesuaredeacc?.uei~e eontro1.a

ot Tyler 0rtsnding Its city limits: 5Ve would advise oouxue, that the ., of

3roper authorities 'as desiggatea herein lvvb'fo wtt3.o vo u#iuily t&a liabilities Sm~loeB, to 

### asowtain the trw and correct b~iee af their school dlstriota 

### aaemUfled **by** the’ **oity** **~o*(um8,** **and** to record the matters and fieU notes .with the oouhty sahool board in order that eaoh distxlot WAY aeCextf%in it6 jurisdlotional contines for taxing and c8nsu~ purposes.

Whenthe lirPlte.of the CLty of Tylex oonstitgting en independent school dletrlat , were extended 

### to **ifiowa.** territory of aa - oent ooamon aehool districts, the oxten 2 oa autopatioelly operated. to exte@ the boundarloe or the apaiaripaL1y OWWv? 8d iA&npeAd8At ilohOOl dirtxiot and **aUtOEat OCnllf**  **Op~r** ated to mbify the beu&ax&,fi of the, common ~ohool dlst,rictc dLnduL&ed thereby. AA.010 

### 61804, V.C.S.;City of Peaunent I.&D, vs. 

### BrmduLug,

182 3.W.26 406,writ ref., and oafsea cited therein: The city must assume its proportionate 

### partof the indebtedness of the school districts. . .

dlmlnished by extension uaiag the asasidlod vaJ.ues basis provided, in Artlole 2805, v*c.a. The governing body of the oity and the bmrde, of trueteee of the whool dbmtricts diminished amy*djtist the sg&tiBs ~toluntaxily by agr~smenfs or by jutiiol~l pro6seding if neoeasuy. Aat, 2804, VW,@.&,; W~sMllgbon Eeights 1,S.D. ve. City of W. Worth, 21. CLW.241; Tad YS~City of Hwrt*a, 276 8.W. 419,~affinwd 

## iA858 8.W. S39. The existing school did~lct~ ar In-. orsased or dimknishod by &heTyLer slty DCdinanoe $noreasl~ its oily fimits &a~ be moogaSsed for taxtag rp4 #oh001 0pn~ulswpomam

The Oity COmmtSdOA Of the aity O? !Py10, aotfng in aonformlty with llrticlss 2803 : oi 2804, V.C;S., has autksrity to l xte& t;k alty limlts for ofty purpons only or for

‘nhooa purpo5aa only.



### CBWdjEl:Wb Chester E. Ollison ~mletad.

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