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THE AYTCBI~NIEY GENERAIL. 

OF TEXALJ 

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April 15, 1947 

Hon. T. Mi Trimble, First Asaiatant 

State Superintendent of Public Instruotlon 

Department 0f~Eduoation 

Austin, T~XUJ Oplelon Ho,': v-14$ 

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Boat ‘I’r M. Trlmble e Pm 2 0~141) 

done soti l ereral months prior to Jam 

uary 1, 1947. This territory was i* 

olu4ed b ordinance bf the City GOIZWS33ion witi K out a vote of 3232 people m, 

sldlrig in the territory. 

ltPJCast: advLee us concorning the 

fOuOWiAg questions; 

“14 DOOS the terslC& 

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anaoxcrl 

to the City oI’ Q&or autonat oally become a part of the City of Ty&er aud 

aa aush constituted a part oF the 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 r0r oitf ~ur#rw8 -crrufl~ 
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Ho& T, M. Trlmble - age 3 (Y-141) 

dlrtriot69 Doe8 Artdole 86@6 (Aabe 

ASLO, 36th &we.) apply &,a to the abr 

mmpt10n oi ioddbtadn4w8 ~nt&oned 

in qwrtioa No4 ST 

X& it a zeaponuibility of 

the &omkirrlon of the City of 

Tyler to detomb the amu&t of the 

obligation to be asmmed bj She aity 

in payment of a part of th@ optetanding obllgatloa of the atfvtiti diatlbeta, or is thle a reeptibllity 

or the Tyler independent soh001 truea 

team; or do the oounty trusfrcNs and 

the oonuwn rohool district ~tm8terr 

IuIva jmr&64lotion; or fa it a joht 

*rrpomLi&lity of the myera author- 

&ties mentioned to ad&& the indebt- 

;$y6~a6 betwaen the .aHWtf;csd dim 

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“a. fe there any remponatbitlty 

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

to the attention of the sohool authoritie of d~strilbfs affeotsd by the ezteas1o.a of the oity limita to the sfreot that territory has beeh inoluded 

in the oi,ty limits and that, such distriote, by virtue of the a-6 of 

their territory, should be zv-satab 

liehed and re,-dafinrd, rruoh notGxt or, 

aotiose oontaiting map8 and field not06 

of tbrritom frrtolved and au&h other 

inforiaation needed to am&t tha aohool 

authorities ia adjusting the&r businesar 

and budget0 in oonformltp with the 

ebb,; brought ,about by 1 the oity autb- 

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“9. In 9i.w of,ths fact Ylhat the 

dietrlcte in question ham -trot been ail 

yet re-eetabllshed a& Fe-defined by the 
Pan. T. Y. Trlmble - Page 4 (Y-141) 

County !%ard, la this oonstrued to 

maan that these dlstriota my ba 

reoognizad for taxing purposes and 

for school census purposes the mm 

aa thoq,h no change had been made in 

their boundary llnas? ,l)oea the .action of the City ~ommicaion taken 

prior to January 1, X947, mean that 

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 until their.,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 may be. 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 $in question to the Glty of Tyler and that ths 

came was 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., 

In Attorney General 

opt 

nion 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 atid enlarged 

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 d1striot 
Hoa. T. II, Trimble - P8ge 5 (V-14$) 

oomtltutd by sooh lmoorporat& eltp; ml In Opinion 

lOor O-2554, It wa8 held that if the city ie suoh an Inoorperatod city oonrtltutlng an lpdopendent 8ohocl dlrtrlot, thea the l xt8a8len of it8 boundaries would l tortloally 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 holAIng to the 88188 effeot, City of Beaumont 

zGfii; va. Breadurn, t62 8.8. 81 406,wrlt of error re- 

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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 

the Wstten810n~i& olty lkta for school purpe888 onlp 

upon a petition o? a ~Jorlty of the rrsldant qual,ifIed 

voters OS the territory to b8 MlPa into the oity only 

ror 8uoh purpo888. Poteet *se Brldgrm, IHB SrW. 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 addid territory taken, fnto the arnlolpal Aim&t8 should not be taken la for 8uhcol 

purp068~* 

Aa-eordinglp our 8h8wer to your second qurstloi I8 I* the airimatire provided the city coamI88lon 

aotr..wdor the provf8lons of prtlole 2804, third parrgraph, and an eleotlon held thereunder laaa de&malged 

that thm territory to be amexed to the aity rrlpall not 

kaosae a part of the idlspmdent school dietriot oomtltut84 by thm soid city. 

Oar answer to your third quaatlon is in the 

l tii*r Oln pmvlded the city oomaIs8lon rollowe 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- 
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Hon. T. W. Tdmbls - Pa@ 6 (V-ltiI) 

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

where any town or villa@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 o f l wh dlstdot 

; the pWqiortion of the Intanst and prinot al o? .woh bonded iAdebtedtmdbfal 

,i whkh it ie Uabh+; (lorpbasis aore) 

Th6 proper answers to your ?emth and tlS!th 

questions ax6 iou.Wia th6 provi85onr or Article tdos 

above quoted, rkerin we havr iadSaat6d Dr underlining, 

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 it at 

dltieished by ex.tenslon, does not render auah extension 

void', slnoe Article 2805 deffnitely fires- liability oi 

the olty for such indabtedneae. 

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We quote 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*Qy of ths or-* 
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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 

or parcels 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 managenuuit over 

the tranoferrea portion aqd the property thereon fmm 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 of the orl,ghal~ ln&pan&nt 

whoa1 di*ioti rlw raqalne~~ alluwaaoe 

., ,Jay the oit 

trlote OS s 

to the f3,aScI origlacl d&as 

ts proper proportiorr of’:fhe 

value of the improvement.8 made upon t&e 

~~glaes. The oity aan mba this 

&. 

at after the atiemloa, ar,'tho,~, x&& 

0 not roquln 1t to be .dOne before** 

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2 

slupoa between. the3 govwa&ng body 

at tibh ai ECI 

gttOm ana the doQheritis5 

r l 

Thie &4&laatLon and Artlole 2805 oovera the 

mtf*#e Ht out .fn )~~lf sixth question and meanb to authoriw ‘ohs e$jaatuot OS aqultles between the two ahthoiltlr6 (Um ova~&ng body & such oit# eind the author;ltles 

or 8uah SO & 01 tlSrWie4s whose areas he&e been diminished) 

rolw~t4dL7 aa Clwy may qxee, or by a jaUio5al proceeding if mwemry. 

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

W5th rmimot 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 eztenslpn or to provlcie field notes, plats, 

etc., denoting the new boundaries of the alty. However, 

necessarily, ht would seein to ?oll.ow ths 

2802.~ der5nit~.ly. fixes tha_ liabLU...0! f---=-AcLs ..~ 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.a the bauadariea of it oqttollkd inda~enbent aohool 

dlstr5ot. To th6 l rtiemt the botiary of ‘tada oity icJspeso* attheo1 dfsariot was ohmgod be indud portion8 

et the arow s? the oommon eehool dlaltPLbt8 a??edted 

t&w&y, the boundariss of the dltieldhed oemoa mohsol 

dlrtrlcte also for all purpose8 automat~~alky mm arfooted W- ahctllged -thereby. True, the mm&y wheel 

board acting under the prwialons CP? Lrflole WMr, froMon 2; 2742b, Saotion 9, and/or 27681, 9rrbfea 1, hm 
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HOB. T. IL TrLabla - Page 9 (V-141) 

the authority to change the 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*a mede 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&d towns have aesuared eacc?.uei~e eontro1.a 

ot Tyler 0rtsnding Its city limits: 5Ve would advise 

oouxue, that the 

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roper 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 aa emUfled 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. 

When the 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 OWW 

v? 

8d iA&npeAd8At ilohOOl dirtxiot and aUtOEat OCnllf Op~rated 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 

part of the indebtedness of the school districts 
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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 iA 858 8.W. S39. 

The existing school did~lct~ ar In-. 

orsased or dimknishod by &he TyLer slty DCdinanoe $noreasl~ its oily fimits &a~ be 

moogaSsed for taxtag rp4 #oh001 0pn~uls wpomam 

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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