EY GENERAL

PRICE DANIEL

Em%. w*. L. Taylor Ro6eouting Attorney xarrl8Qn county IWshall, Texaco

Dear stir September10, 1949

Opinionwo.

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 ImaiBrArt!wo 'tIIE Be

. Le&ialatfOY haa ammihatw&ml 

## bwriatr rim the Ham&all IndependentSahool Distrrlot. l&rshall Independent School District is loaatetlwithin the City of Marshall,and the 01%~ has assuaed oontrol thereor.
Question 1. Has the Count Baud authorityunder ArtlcLQVIE School 1 of 9, B; 126 to aonsolidate "dafpant"sohool dirtrictswith an adjoin&g talty oontreS* led, aunl~ipal schooldlstrlObP

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 corporationlines tar sshoolpurpeses ok

&ricts or do the provlsior~of Se+ to take in adjoinIngdormsnt +hool
tion 186 if the Charter of the Citt of Narshallgranted 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 Chartergrantedby speoIal law, has been constitutedand remainsnow an independent rohool districtunder the managementand control of a sohoolboard appointedby 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 authorityof Seation 10 o? ArtioleXI and Seotion 3; ArtleleVII CoMtitution of hour, prior to amendmenttheroof 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 oontrolledsohool dietriot C?EUy by gemera legislation, During the same period o? time

_ t&%0 Legislatureha? br other general legl8latlon deelt 'U%~%l~;hool

dIstrIctawhich are not munIolpalljoonThus, thp Legislaturehas 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 istatutesoArticlesIfon, Wm. L. Taylor,page 

### 3 (V-898)

2803 and 2804, Vernon's Cfvil Statutes,relate 8!I--- oally to the boundariesof city oontrolledsshoo 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 oorporatioalines for soheolpurpow8 onlyp on a petltfon slg8wdby a majority of ths resfdeatwiffod 

### votersof 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** sohmlastioohlldren of the renlnlngparto?th8 mum reheel distzlot or dl8trietswhfoh w be affeoted ba ths propared -0 

### of tho opportualtr o? atteaadanee

w sahool. The added territoryshall bear'%8 pre rata pWt aosordl 7 to taxablevalue8 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~ conttraot**ad** by suoh town OP oity. The property o? the added terrftoryshall bear its pro rata yr8of all school taxes,but of AO other 0 The added territoryshall not affect the clt~s8debts 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 terrftoryadded for school purposes as herein prwfded."

Art. 2804, ~Whemmvep ths limit8 o? any 

### lnoorporat8d

olty oP toua con6tl6uting a8a lmiepende~tschool dfstpllet are 80 extended or enlarged a8 to es&race the whole
or any part of say latlopendent or eomon sohool dfstrietadgaoent to eueh iQcoPporated cit7 or town, that portion of euah adjaoeat dlstrfet 80 embracedwPthfn 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 dlstPlutsover W$iwh wttke. ham assumd exclw%oe contPo1,and in tbls attern establishedbr 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~ ardiaapeeto 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?lentSehool Dietriot. It vae coawed that Art%- &lea 2742e aad 27421 repealedArtlole 2804, old eliwe the Mtr of Beaumont IpdependeatSchool Dlettiobhad @ct PotMmd the procedureof 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 IndependentSchool Dlstriat conteadedthat the exteaelcnof 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.sionsof’Artla 2804. !z oa the kl8 of the la&.swiir* hl~tolv of tev8 q~@&3ebl4 oal **to** aaialprl 80-1 didriots 88 dt#tisa@BW than Tegl~latleaapptiaabte t;o 6cheol dllr- ,, tria8& eMa@ thaxi

aullclpal, the a@uFt saat8bl.dthm 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 rradet&or 8shoa2 dfatrict8 in the aovaty 0 ma&$Wt batentiancm the part of th l8vw bedy ta8 provide I%r two sopaPate srfaa,rl~farrt$aer, of distriatr,mlt, t&e Locatedulthin a municipality,ever **Vb%4b the**  **C&w QP**  ttprm **hB8 a8gXQed**  CCataO& ti Irylw#

l~*lbM without the 1WN ef 4S in**erated 0s.w**  **er** tovn, **From aB**  **ewlt a8**  **a&l** *what lntewuptiaD, **rov5.6len ban**  lmen’aade fee the canWe e,I pub ic free E ,/- **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+ -i*ul F"', :lQ8 of the elty. Th, WUl't8 hW0 bW@ttire0 tired thie4~rlasclfl6ation. + + mW &O#* &e&r ir* **%** hietoFf ef the **bt8** WO8tblU **th@** cewttybcwd ci?

trustee end Zta mea IcewolDuuder its contPo~ do*1

l *ë.

Son. wm. L. 'faylor, page 

### 6 (r4g8)

II *

. *

?R la the consideredoplnlon of thl8 Court that Article 

### 2804hae not been expresrly repealed. HOP has'lt been repealed by lmplfcatlon.0 D It thereforenece8- 8arlly Pollovs that the annexing of Idylevood EstatesAddltton and Iplla ReedAddltion to 

### the City of Beaumont also annexed them t ’or 8ohoclpurpcres and they became a part of the Beaumont IndependentSchool District. D 0n

ltn ttev of this feglslatlve hlstoCf acnc~-
3 le@ol8Wvo enaatmemtsapplicableto munlclpaldirtr, ct# 1, d58finguirhedfrcm d%etrIctIJ vhloh are not m?n%clpU, 118think that ArticleVIII of SenateBill 

### 116 ir not to be ccnatrueda# authorizingocunty school b@#M8 to cc@8olldate "dormant" districtsvlth rpnlclc 3.8chOO1 dl8trlotr. We are of the oplnlcn that Arttcr YXfI dealm only vlth county school district8undw $he juri8diQtlon

oi the county 8chool board, and has no rqy)llcrticn

to munlolpaldlstrlctsunder the control of 8 putlcolw ,eit;r

or town. @u&her, vhere county 8chcel WMd8, purportingto act under AHlcle VIII of Senate Ml1 

### 116,hwe **by** order oonrolldated“ dormant” **dlatrlotr** @$@%I munlolpal school diltPfCt8 a8 dlstin$piahed fPa (ItUtPiCtlvhleh @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 referenceto rbhool districtboundaries.

9%~ que8tlon of the 8utbcrltyof 8 count Iehoolbaard 

### ~to

ccn8clidat.e

a %rnantD dlstrletvi h i municipaldf8tplctvas 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 includedHon. VI. L ~lflor, page 7 (~-W3)

*ithin the oorparat*li8Its **of** the Cltj et lkrebrll rhall aeasetltute and be the We**peadent** rehool dlmtrlot 

### of eald cltr, the boundaries of the **mid** 8ohooZ to be ldentical vlth the aald llalts and bsepadsly of

bt&i?% *hdF 8UCC4886W8kr 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 *ohm01me808 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 oorpor8te1-b ef the ;%& did not ohenge the charaetefof the rchool &I-

. We do not believe that Seotlor 186 oP:the

crdlkae extend8 its oorpefatell*lllsfarecheokpurposes CaxJ, than u* terrlt~ %iacl~ in 8UCh axwnalon, Per the a~@ Pas vhlah the exteaefenvu mule, 18 the-w iv6 ud8d vlthin the corpewak lirits Of the

I- eltr, end Pw euch pwpoee 

### besetmar, a part of tbe ektr.i Thlip, the 00rpora%e1irit8 sahoal purposesvould aantry vlthln the cozwwate llnee of the cltr for ~lclpal purpores aad &?i l ddltlon that tOm4tOlvyincluded In the corpor8te ZkSIIs of the city extended for sohoolp 08.8 OfrlJ~ % Section 186 

### of the Charter of the City 

### of ah812 so ecnstmod vi11 not ooafllatwith the $enersl liw, Article 2803, 8uthOrlzlag my olty to extend **Its** baundarleror 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 &&V

### y omliaanoe

it8 ~llmltr

### 03 batundarles f4P 8OhOO1PUXVO808On1 1;' 

### in the method presorlbedU&d l ~thOtIzOdby AHUla 2 03, Vernon's Clrll SWtute8.

BJ tlrttae OP avP hcldJsgrvlth m8pMt to the bra quertica8eoa8bdozwdheseln, **it** fUUsve **th8t** tJw 

### th?UO **dOraWit** dUlriOt8 

### in*olved are110t

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 ov the Clt$ 0P tirtu&l b&O

"f cppcrtunltyto 

### extend it8 bcundcurlee under Art:410 m 80 88 to Includevlthin It8 boundmle8 Par 8CheCl $=- ~cae8 only the terrltom 

### oaapri8ing there rdjOw dormant"districts,such dlStPIOt8UJ 

### 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 anaerationet
a "doment" sohool district,

&%iole VIII of Senatebill 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 sohoolrwithin It8 lirits, may by ordinanceextend its coPporatlon llaem iOr school purpes o!+y to laelude exirtlngadjolnlng dormant dlstrlcts,provided the county echo01beard p8 not b7 board order aozmolldated auoh dormant*dtltrlotrwith 8 dlrtrlat or dl8trloteother th8n mtmlclpallycoat*olled dl8trlat8. **A.Q.** OpinionNo. V-866.
Section 186 of the carrks of the

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