OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Iicmorable Gem R. Turner 

f)tstriat 'Attolney 

Clsburne, Taxas 

DeeT air: 

About one year 

the 

PI&St fhat a. 

e62itrrs8ted 83th 

triln8rer the 

his tremfer beantrse 

ne~ea~e the ndntenanae tax 

in the Isethel Sohoal Dls- 

@lesti6rJ for an apinf6n: 

t&e1 Camx~a @ehaal Mstrlot 

its sui~t.#nance tax Tate to 

Independent f3eheol Dlstrlafl 

artlale Wi99, Reri88d C1vl.l Statuf88,~ 19&5,,protid88 

86 iallow1 

*im?egt a8 her&.n provided no past OS tke 

8abaol rapd aprtloned tu ang diatriet OT county shell be transferred to any other Ulstriet 
751 

Hon. Ceen 3. Turner, Ywe 2 

or counts'; provided tkat dlstriats lying in two 

or EMXQ aoun$leo and situated on the Gounty llnn 

may be consolidated ror the support of one or 

zmre sohools In suah consolidated district; ard 

in euoh case the school funds aball be transferred 

to the county in which the prlnafpnl sahool buildtn& for which suah aonaolidated dlstrlat Is looated- and provided further that nil the ohildrcm 

residing In a oahool dlstriat may be transferred 

to another dlstrlot or to an independent dlstriat 

upon such tertcs at3 any 6e agreed upon by the trusteea of mid dI&irIafSIntarested.m 

cieation 15 of Fiouse Bill x0. 953, AetO, dish LegI,+ 

latme, Regular session, bea the Sohool Aid XquaUzatlon 

Bill, provides 66 tollrmsr 

“Section 13. nwiersr of the entire dbtiriot. 

on the agseement oi the Board OS tcmmtees or the 

dI6tXIat aOnaWn8d or oa pstltfieia sIgaa6 by a 

arajoriff of tha quallfled wHx~rs of the dIstrIet 

and eubjeat ta the approval or the county superintendent sad State Buperintendfmt, the truetee a$ 

a dbtrlot whlah may be unable to malntaln a satinfaotory 8ahoolmay transfer Its entIre soholastle 

enrollaranforanJn\pabsr~igradsstbs~ftoa 

OOrN8ZtiCtnt6OhOO10fh%&6I’~kand inauohevent 

all of the fumls o? the dlstrlot iaoluding the 

Stats nld to whloh the diotrlot nould othmwlse~be 

entitled under the proviaio~s oi this Aat or suoh 

proportionate part thereof aa may be neaeamry pay 

be used In carrylag out their agremmkn 

Seotion 6 OS said Eouse Bill l?o. 933 prorides that 

no sdhool dlstrlct shall be ellgib1.e to reaelve aid under the 

provisioas of said ,Act tinlees it shall be providing for the 

annual support of it8 sahools byvotiae, Uwytri$ and eO3.hetlng for the aurrent year a lo&t meintenenae~ sahool tar axoluslve ottbetaxfur interest end sinking; fond for bonds.not 

less than-fifty cents on the one'hum%red dollUvulwtion In 

the entire dlstrlot. 

PFe fhd no pro~Isienw%lohwould ment thm 6ovd 

of sohooltru~teea fromtxansfrrr~allthe ohildrenr~idIag 

In a school diatriat to another distriot mar43ly beoaW8 there 

had been voted by such dlatriot within one year ar looal maintenancetaxof fittyaents onthe onehttndr*dollar8vmluat1on. 
Eon. ueitm E. Turner, Fag6 3 

The bled of truszeee of the district having det-ad that said distrlat will 6e unable to aillntaln a 

aatlfMaotor;y uchool, :t is mlth6Tlzed to trnnerer its entire soholastle enmllt to u cmwealent aehool of h.Qhor 

rank notwlthstazdiry: the ochool dlstrlat omy ham toted to 

fnaMe Its t&x rata to fil'?q oentrs on the one hundred 

dollar valuation ulthln one ymr of the date at suoh~tmnstar, prorlded, however, tit the c0mg suprarlnttad and 

S$it~~i#ainbent approved the aettion.of the local tiomi 

. 

ropra very truly 

AzTaiE& mtlmL O? TicxAB 

CCClW 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS