EY GENERAL 

PRICE DANIEL 

Em%. w*. L. Taylor 

Ro6eouting Attorney 

xarrl8Qn county 

IWshall, Texaco 

Dear stir 

September 10, 1949 

Opinion wo. 

Rer Nay @wrisoa CQunty 

School Board ot %-usteea oon8olMote ‘dormeat” Irs~l &botr~ots 

Janruut te .&Blrlo 

VIII, s.El* x16 51et 

I;rgi51aturo, with I&rshall I.S,D,, a ait? 

aartl-olled rellwl 

Oimtriat ud Whatcd q~rtloaor 

ma co?aty scrh601 BQaM or mlwi* 

aeta ImaiBr Art!wo 'tIIE Be 

. Le&ialatfOY haa ammihatw&ml bwriatr rim 

the Ham&all Independent Sahool Distrrlot. 

l&rshall Independent School District is 

loaatetl within the City of Marshall, and 

the 01%~ has assuaed oontrol thereor. 

Question 1. Has the Count 

Baud authority under ArtlcLQ VI E 

School 

1 of 9, 

B; 126 to aonsolidate "dafpant" sohool 

dirtricts with an adjoin&g talty oontreS* 

led, aunl~ipal school dlstrlObP 

If the answer to Qwestlola 1 is in 

the negattve, then oould the aity bg cypd-e, that ifs, rat 

siont~ of Article 2803, "a 

under th8 prwiSW,, eamind it6 

corporation lines tar sshool purpeses ok 

&ricts or do the provlsior~ of Se+ 

to take in adjoinIng dormsnt +hool 

tion 186 if the Charter of the Citt of 

Narshall granted in &B. lo, 105, Chapter 

6 of 31st Legislature, R.S. l,!309, at pa&e 

78, preclude such action? 
Hon. W8. L. Taylor, page 2 (V-898) 

Yap hne l dvl8ed in your submitted brief that 

the City OP Marshall in Its Charter granted by speoIal 

law, has been constituted and remains now an independent 

rohool district under the management and control of a 

sohool board appointed by the City Carrisslon. Seotlon 

!ar3, ete Bill Ho. 105, Chapter 6 or the 3lst Le@sl8k 

Speolal Laws, 1939. Thus, the Barshall Indep0&da~t'~ohool DUtrlct Is a munialpal rohool dlatciot 

o-ted by ape0181 law under authority of Seation 10 o? 

Artiole XI and Seotion 3; Artlele VII CoMtitution of 

hour, prior to amendment theroof in 1926. He aseun 

far Bur0oses of this ooinion that the aohool dlstrloi 

ha8 irot-b0en divorced '&m elty ooetrol. 

Artiale 2768, Vernonls Clvll St8tutes, 

vwam, In part, that: 

PmMlaln 2769, 2770, WTl, 2772, 279k 2T99,, 

&JO, 2801 and 2&B@, Vmon's Civil St8tutes, constitute 

theother gek~ral laws l pplloable to citl+s In thIs9ht0 

whloh have or may asmme 

mt ol' public ire0 sohe 

ita, and aleo detormlne 

~emaint shall be In a board of trustees. There &atuter lllustti8te th0 praotioe and pollo~ of the LegSslaBure for mre than feFt7 rears of dealing spsoiiically 

With municipal or alty oontrolled sohool dietriot C?EUy 

by gemera legislation, During the same period o? time _ 

t&%0 Legislature ha? br other general legl8latlon deelt 

'U%~%l~;hool dIstrIcta which are not munIolpallj oonThus, thp Legislature has In the past reoogdsed fir leglrlat$ve purposes tie classlflc8tloBs Of 

reh001 di8trlot8, tiz., (1) munlclpal or oity ooatrolled school dlstrlots, and (2) school dintrlotm whioh 

me net oity oentr0Il0d. 

In l ddltiom to the above istatuteso Articles 
Ifon, Wm. L. Taylor, page 3 (V-898) 

2803 and 2804, Vernon's Cfvil Statutes, relate 8 

oally to the boundaries of city oontrolled sshoo !I--- dlstriots. They provide es followe: 

ht. 2803. "Any elty OP town that 

has tsken charge of ths publie ?me s*ols 

within its limits, or that rhall hereafteti 

take charm of the raue,may,~ordlnanue, 

oxtend its oorporatioa lines for soheol purpow8 onlyp on a petltfon slg8wd by a majority of ths resfdeat wiffod voters of th8 

tOrrltol?j, whfchistobetakea %mto said 

city or town for 8,abool purpo888 oml~, and 

reomndsd by a magorftg vote of tbs true 

We8 of the publie f%we 8ohool8 of said oltr 

rtown;previ4e4,thatthepa@epo8edahamge 

#hall not deprlm t&w sohmlastio ohlldren 

of the renlnlngparto?th8 mum reheel 

distzlot or dl8triets whfoh w be affeoted ba ths propared -0 of tho opportualtr o? atteaadanee wsahool. The added 

territory shall bear'%8 pre rata pWt aosordl 

7 

to taxable value8 of any 8ohool debt 

w deb 8 that ray be owed OF contreated bjr 

Said city or town to which it shall have 

been a&%?d, and shall not besr any part of 

any othex- debt that mar be wed 0~ conttraotad by suoh town OP oity. The property o? 

the added terrftory shall bear its pro rata 

yr8of all school taxes, but of AO other 

0 The added territory shall not affect the clt~s8 debts OP business re?,atlons 

In any manner whateverS except for school 

purposes as provided abov@. The o??foers 

whose duty It Is to a8se8s and QoPleet 

school taxes wlthkmthe efty lefts shall 

abo amess and oolleot sohoo% tare8 wlthin the terrftory added for school purposes 

as herein prwfded." 

Art. 2804, ~Whemmvep ths limit8 o? 

any lnoorporat8d olty oP toua con6tl6uting 

a8a lmiepende~t school dfstpllet are 80 extended or enlarged a8 to es&race the whole 

or any part of say latlopendent or eomon 

sohool dfstriet adgaoent to eueh iQcoPporated cit7 or town, that portion of euah adjaoeat dlstrfet 80 embraced wPthfn the corpfnMe lirft.8 of 8-h fneorporated elty or 
. 

u; ad#e~aaab~ mb4c4l Qirctrbt. Axtiale vZI1 

4444 .&i&t .~oWSoally irafe~ to school dlstPluts over 

W$iwh wttke. ham assumd exclw%oe contPo1, and in tbls 

attern established br e%- 

a3 roforP* 8p40lfi8al4 t4 

such dl.trict. We t0 

be mati subject to a partioukw Act. 
fL, Cltf of Beav8eW Independent Schad B&etrket a mm&- 

ei)el dfrtelat, oa the one hand, ard; the lMmh il&dependrnt Sol&w1 Dletv%ct on the other a8 tba vhether cert&Js 

Waw%torJ vhich bad been annexed 6~ ardiaapee to the Cit 

of Bemmloiat thereby became a part of the C&ty ef &mamcA F 

Xnde$muBea~ Sebool District and det8ohed f’&‘cm the R’emh 

Z#&e$m?lent Sehool Dietriot. It vae coawed that Art%- 

&lea 2742e aad 27421 repealed Artlole 2804, old eliwe the 

Mtr of Beaumont Ipdependeat School Dlettiob had @ct PotMmd the procedure of the tvo az%lclu the nevly extendDd are8 of the city of Bmumeat vm a5t 8 part or the 

r\mioiprl rohiwl district. on the other haad, the city 

BF Jkmmrmt Independent School Dlstriat conteaded that 

the exteaelcn of the City llnlts by munlclgal ordlnmmce .: 

mttmatically br 

T 

t the new temltorj iato the munio;i 1 school diatr st by virtue oi the proM.sions of’ Artla !z 2804. oa the kl8 of the la&.swiir* hl~tolv of 

tev8 q~@&3ebl4 oal to aaialprl 80-1 didriots 88 

dt#tisa@BW than T egl~latlea apptiaabte t;o 6cheol dllr- ,, 

tria8& eMa@ thaxi aullclpal, the a@uFt saat8bl.d thm pol itLa et the @sty of Ibet Indmt Sc~ol Ms- 

'w. meads 

i We fimd in the l#&8@Siw Mire 

w 0; ih; bvl reIdlag: t0 rPrk&Mf 8ChOOa 

&&M+rkota rrad et&or 8shoa2 dfatrict8 in the 

aovaty 0 ma&$Wt batentian cm the part of 

th l8vw bedy ta8 provide I%r two sopaPate srfaa,rl~farrt$aer, of distriatr, mlt, 

t&e Located ulthin a municipality, ever 

Vb%4b the C&w QP ttprm hB8 a8gXQed CCataO& 

ti Irylw# l~*lbM without the 1WN ef 4S inerated 0s.w er tovn, From aB ewlt a8 

a&l *what lntewuptiaD, rov5.6len ban 

lmen’aade fee the canWe e,I pub E ic free 

,/- 84h0~1a Viti&in the liEit Of a nUI!d8i$8l%ty 

either by the city acunoll 02 bx a beurQ a# 

truetees selected la 8ome manner fW Wb 

poee of ~wernlaag the school8 Vithia tb+ F"', -i*ul 

:lQ8 of the elty. Th, WUl't8 hW0 bW@ttire0 tired thie4~rlasclfl6ation. + + mW &O#* 

&e&r % ir* hietoFf ef the bt8 WO8tblU th@ 

cewtty bcwd ci? trustee end Zta 

mea IcewolD uuder its contPo~ do*1 

l * ë 
. 

Son. wm. L. 'faylor, page 6 (r4g8) 

II * . * 

?R la the considered oplnlon of thl8 

Court that Article 2804 hae not been expresrly repealed. HOP has'lt been repealed by lmplfcatlon. 0 D It therefore nece8- 

8arlly Pollovs that the annexing of Idylevood Estates Addltton and Iplla Reed Addltion to the City of Beaumont also annexed 

them t’or 8ohocl purpcres and they became a 

part of the Beaumont Independent School 

District. D 0n 

ltn ttev of this feglslatlve hlstoCf acnc~- 

3 

le@ol8Wvo enaatmemts applicable to munlclpal dirtr, ct# 1, d58finguirhed frcm d%etrIctIJ vhloh are not 

m?n%clpU, 118 think that Article VIII of Senate Bill 

116 ir not to be ccnatrued a# authorizing ocunty school 

b@#M8 to cc@8olldate "dormant" districts vlth rpnlclc 

3. 8chOO1 dl8trlotr. We are of the oplnlcn that Arttcr YXfI dealm only vlth county school district8 undw 

$he juri8diQtlon oi the county 8chool board, and has no 

rqy)llcrticn to munlolpal dlstrlcts under the control of 

8 putlcolw ,eit;r or town. @u&her, vhere county 8chcel 

WMd8, purporting to act under AHlcle VIII of Senate 

Ml1 116, hwe by order oonrolldated “dormant” dlatrlotr 

@$@%I munlolpal school diltPfCt8 a8 dlstin$piahed fPa 

(ItUtPiCtl vhleh @PO not slty contPo11ed, 8Uch order8 mu. 

(I nullltf, llleg&k 8ad +oU. JI ve tlu it, the 19k9 

Act, Art. VZII of S.B. 116, au not %ato@&d to be a 

#wwr81 rr*pitityr of the rohcol l&v vlth reference to 

rbhool district boundaries. 

9%~ que8tlon of the 8utbcrlty of 8 count 

Iehool baard ~to ccn8clidat.e a%rnantD dlstrlet vi i h 

municipal df8tplct vas not presented or 

inion los. V-855, V-856, Y-866, 

77s Therefore, t&o80 opfnfonr are 

&ct to be 1nteFpYeted as ccntrad$etolrJ, or In ccn?l1et 

W$W the holding expressed here-. 

Aa to the secoad qrrMtloa ~im~~- 

+i8* th&t the bh&rtW of the City QP 

bk io&bVfno 

prrrSs@ the P 

FW181cS pZW8ePfbrd ia th@ 8$Witi 1U 

Q tr it8 charter (Seotlon 186 of Chapter 6 

Of 3&e i&~re, hs.p lgogp at pa@ 1x4): 

"A31 lands and tew3tow included 
Hon. VI. L ~lflor, page 7 (~-W3) 

*ithin the oorparat* li8Its of the Cltj et 

lkrebrll rhall aeasetltute and be the Wepeadent rehool dlmtrlot of eald cltr, the 

boundaries of the mid 8ohooZ to be ldentical vlth the aald llalts and bsepadsly of 

bt&i?% *hdF 8UCC4886W8 kr Qffi40 8-2 

The atttr~~Ofthn~id88hiBO~ 

exlrend to the X$m.lte at mid district hemIn deahrad aad Plxed, * 

lrrtlole 2803, her&pabcn qt#td, -8 

that F oltythathaetake8ch82=ge ofthepubllc fkee 

88hOO 8 vithin its lJ;dtr, BRJ br ordinM8e 

POP *ohm01 me808 001’1, 

aedtwo therein 8*t (Mtr 

It vi11 be obsemed that Article 2803~ authcPiM8 a Oity t0 "CXtC& it8 CO~CHltC li,E&OCr" ior 

2118 s,w. 

VhOSth4 

the atv&tlcn 0P nev terrlto~ to etich a OltJ for 8cheol 

pvrpores oalj from outside the oorpor8te 1-b ef the 

;%& did not ohenge the charaetef of the rchool &I- 

. 

We do not believe that Seotlor 186 oP:the 

crdlkae extend8 its oorpefatell*llls farecheokpurposes CaxJ, than u* terrlt~ %iacl~ in 8UCh axwnalon, Per the a~@ Pas vhlah the exteaefen vu mule, 

18 the-w iv6 I- ud8d vlthin the corpewak lirits Of the 

eltr, end Pw euch pwpoee besetmar, a part of tbe ektr. 
i 

Thlip, the 00rpora%e 1irit8 

sahoal purposes vould aantry vlthln the cozwwate llnee 

of the cltr for ~lclpal purpores aad &?i l ddltlon that 

tOm4tOlvy included In the corpor8te ZkSIIs of the city 

extended for sohool p 08.8 OfrlJ~ 

% 

Section 186 of the 

Charter of the City of ah812 so ecnstmod vi11 not 

ooafllat with the $enersl liw, Article 2803, 8uthOrlzlag my olty to extend Its baundarler or 1Inlte for 

84hCCl pUrp08.8 only. 

Adc~rdln@y, it 18 our o$lhiosI thUt thD ciw 

of krshall is not 

ter ficm extending !i 

ncluded by SaCtfcB 186 OP its &&Vy omliaanoe it8 ~llmltr 03 batundarles 

f4P 8OhOO1 PUXVO808 On1 

1;' 

in the method presorlbed U&d 

l ~thOtIzOd by AHUla 2 03, Vernon's Clrll SWtute8. 

BJ tlrttae OP avP hcldJsgr vlth m8pMt to the 

bra quertica8 eoa8bdozwd heseln, it fUUsve th8t tJw 

th?UO dOraWit dUlriOt8 in*olved are 110t QM8Olid8%Wd 

rlM uny 4UtlPlet, becuU8u the OPl8w of oL* SWP%~CII 

&aaty School bcs* ordrrW# ooarolldrt&arr With tit4 

-hall IMepom!eat School Dlrtrict 21 a rrtSiw* 'bD 

JtWFi80#& cauatt Sohool loare 

mdor aeotian vYXX ei semte bi%l 

Mlah "&M'B8at" distX'ict8 rlth u1 WijO 

di8trlCt8, VhIch la not 8 BW&iOl$~l 

0. Oplniaa Ilo. V-855, If, hoverer 

Jbousf refrain8 froa order1 

mant d.lstrlcts so 8a to 81 "f ov the Clt$ 0P tirtu&l b&O 

cppcrtunlty to extend it8 bcundcurlee under Art:410 m 

80 88 to Include vlthin It8 boundmle8 Par 8CheCl $=- 

~cae8 only the terrltom oaapri8ing there rdjOw 

dormant" districts, such dlStPIOt8 UJ thl’&t be -, 

a part of the knh811 IadepenYent School Bi*t*lct~ .&: 

g+ointad cut ia Attorney oeneral OHnion .!!a. WJ66, Mb 

isle VT11 of Senate ~111 116 does not prarorlbe the axolurlw method for the oonsolldstlon or anaeration et 

a "doment" sohool district, 

&%iole VIII of Senate bill 116, 5irt 

Legirlatwe, doe8 not authorire 8 Fm$r 

rohool boerd to ccnrclldate 8 "d-t 

-: 

school d18trict vlth a munlofprll 

B 

contv~l* 

led 8ahocl di8triCt. Artlole 276 , T&eie; 

57 s*w: ' 
. , . 

Hoa. Wm. L. Taylor, page 9('-95) 

337. An order of a co&y echo01 board 

purporting 80 to do Is a nullity. 

hating under 4rttole 2803, Vermmvr 

Civil Stat&tee, any olty whloh h8a aeetaed control OS the sohoolr within It8 lirits, may by ordinance extend its coPporatlon llaem iOr school purpes o!+y to laelude exirtlng adjolnlng dormant dlstrlcts, provided the county echo01 beard 

p8 not b7 board order aozmolldated auoh 

dormant* dtltrlotr with 8 dlrtrlat or 

dl8trlote other th8n mtmlclpally coat*olled dl8trlat8. A.Q. Opinion No. V-866. 

Section 186 of the carrks of the 

cNo:aw