OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Mar05 77, 1999 

Deer sir: 
servlnij the remainder or the term tar vMoh 

he was elected or appointed prior to the paesage 0r tois aat.' 

jhrticle 2774~3, Sectfoa 2, Civil statutem, ulaoted In 19s3, 

rdatlng to boards of trustees In aitlee and tovm vchere tba schools 

had not been removed r~m~~~ic-ipal contml. mada ss r0ii0w: 

"In all such tovms and &ties having 

fewer *Aan seventy-five thousand population 

-)as shorn by the Federal Census of 192.0, tbs 

board of trustees ahal. be oompwed of 8ev(P 

wmber8 end .tho se'laai ocmdi&etw reoelring 

ths lar~~tnuabuofvokm ettherlrat l tietlon; end'thothm or t- emdlbatu read+- 

irrgthelar~8tnrubu qf V&M atallmbac 

quaa elwUous a8.U k eatltlod to auve aa 

tnmtow 

eleofion ahall 

uhiohthey.uoto *orTo. 

aradn&nlmu8 cm., tw ad ukm 8ballSOrrr 

. r0r ons you, tb tu3 ~eabum arndng 'r0tp and 

.gtYe&ell~em, roe two Jrua and the *rro rabar8 draulng numbera ldx ma 8ovea #hell' 6uw . 

rorthreo yeercri cir ontllthelr 8ttWe8aer6 are 

.eleot*d eld qtuuifie4; ,8t4a roglrlerly tbbroeftu on Shr flrat Settrrdayfn Aprllor iaoh-year, 

three tn&wcr or tko t~teoe &all be eleotod 

for a tow.& three yu&ra tp macaw6 thti tmeteee 

vthose turn shall et that tlU expire. .Tho rnrn~ 

'bus of the.boer4 raalnSn6 after a veoenap crhsll 

tin the same rot the o~ozpired turn... 

s00ti0n i or atida 278w read8 a8 r0u0w: 

wThe-tenn Quun&,olpel 8ohoal distrlat,* a6 

twed lo this kot, 8heUl inalude eny Oity or 

torn oon8tituung a lmgante sad iEuleponbmt 

8ohool dietriet ueder authority or Se&ion S, 

or Artt)le 7, or the Oorutltuflon, es amade& 

aoa/or seotion 10, or brtlaZe ~1%. of the Con8Ututlon. the bounbariem of the 8ahool,wrporetlonbdngthe same sathe boumhuieo of 

the city or town and wh$oh,aia olty b*a a 

population or thirty theuaend (96,000) or lees; 

aooording to the lest preoodlng wt0a Statss 

Cenaw .” 
Section 2 pro-cities for a p3ttitloa 

the aeparatloo 0r t‘n9 sch00l rr0s munioipal. 

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sod election looking to 

control. seotloo s preaorlbes the rorz cf ballot, Zectlon 4 lbr tbe aanrass 0r returns and 

deoleratIon of result and coqmrate name. Section 5 relates ta tin 

powers conferred, Section 7 to the as8esaakent and oollaotion 0r taxes, 

SeatIon 8 tc property rights, 5eotIon 9 to bonds and outetandlng‘obllgatlons. 

Seotlor 0, and Sections 10 and 11, of Artiole 27SSb mad 

as roii0ws : 

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"That the nePsla,ers of tbs Board or Bluoatlon orths boerd of trustwe of sunh WtnIeip a l alwol Qistrlot ehall amtinue l athe PI- . bma oftho Board of Ednaatlon or Ward d 

tma8tess of mh Imle~r&oat aoboe tU8tdat 

eftormeperatIonrtolammIalpel controluatIl 

fhelr tums rorwhiah they bare boon elmkd or 

~appolatad, as Umoese my bo, shall have l qlro4, 

or until t&lr au8aessor8 Ban bo6n eleotod upd: 

~ualiflea~ prodtIe& thet a gwurale@ation 

shall be held onthe rirst Sattudq inApaGIl.of 

eaah 

1; 

esr 

r-r t 

in v&lo h veaanoles on the board oooar, 

0 purpose of sleotlag tmrt*ea for aal4 

vaaano~es far 6 tom 0r r0ur (4) parag proYidOd &her, that ia aass ai a T~~IUOJ or 

rseI&eetIon oi a member at the board of truatya, 

the raaaauy shell be filled forth8 uno*pIrd 

tern bp qppointt~~t art60 b tae b0ua or tmt~k~?.: 

-Ii any wution, untame, oleuee or phreao 

or this Aat 16 held to be U8OmtmtUtI~61, ueh 

dreialon shall nat efreot the validity 0r the POIIA&A~I~ POX%.%OA Or fhi6 h4t. 

Hpaid A4t shall not rapml eey1.a elree~~ 

in wlstenee, ard eepd.elly this Aot ehellnot 

repeal Chapter 302 (Art. 278Sa 1, 0r thr Qu~eral 

tarr: passed by thu Party-flrat Legislature, et 

fte Rsmlar Se~sloa In 19.29, but seia law, as 

abreoed id said Chapter,shellend d-6 rwsin 

in ruu for00 anc.arreOtot, pad 

If that part 0r 8*4ti0a ii ?qling that *this ii4t 8htm not 

%qmal any lava 8lroaQ -in uiatmme, eat3 espa4lally sballnot rep061 

Artlole P78?ie*.be Interpreteb so literally e8 ta mean thet aef Jew 
~oonoreblc Ralph Logan, Xaarch ?7, 1939, Page 4 

any city or tow continuing to operate ~itbout taklne epventage or 

said hrtiole P763b. 

krtiole 2774a, Section P, et111 governs the length of' 

term of trustees in those alties and towns hsoing a population of 

lass than 73,CiQO end riarethe aoimob are at111 mnIoI~slly oontrolled. ItwouldlIkewiss detenaine the length of term of trustees 

of a1044 districts whioh have been divoroed fnxsmunIoIpe1 oontxvl 

undu krtlole 27836. However, Section 10 or 27831, makes speoIfI4 

pmvision as to tbs length 0rt4m 0r the trustees in those ladependmt school Gistriots forrmd unaer the euthodty of that ArtIdle. 

The team rixed is dour pars end It 18 p33md0ethat eleotIoa8 ahau 

be held 6s Apti 1st of eaoh year $n whIoh *rewsls8 owur. 

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Ouranwu t~four~~stionIathatt&~lengthoi Soad .* 

* tzu8tow inthei~~t~~eo iaquIra6 abmt Is r0pt yeara.