OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

gonorrble Xr Me TrMlr, Pirrt Arrirtuat 

8trtr uuperintubduAt ofruolio Iaotruot10a 

Austin, Tour 

ot which har' 

8 rohoola for 

ral4tit. to the fcll~ai~qj 

rOqU4Dkd t0 46TiBe t:iO 

~PdOat 8chool Dlatrlct 

a mu'plur of State and 

) 8ft.r thmr h8TO oonor 4 period of right montha. 

your 0pmoR u to whether, 

rlJrl8 of Artlolr 8897 or the 

Gtatutrs, thlr aurplu ma7 k 

8 p4ymnt on the outmuadlng 

bonded indobtednrrr of thr rehool dlrtclat.1 " 

Artlob 2027, Rerlred Cltll St&tutra, 1926, nqdr 

u follw8a 

l Thr publio f'zw rohool fun41 &all no t ba 

oxpondmd except for the following purpo~or: 
wx'abl. T. if. Triable, pa;, .+2 

'1. Tb 6ktO Uid oo\mty aWlabl@ iwd# 

ëha bll e used l xolurlre4 for the pa 

mohem~ and ‘uporintondontl~ 7" 

l nt ot 

rrlu .I) f0.r 

for taking an rohol~8tio OwmU‘# aad lntrrert 

OnBOM~bOX'XWWd 011 BhOPtthOtO W w1Ui.B 

ef 6oaoh.m and euporlntead‘ntr, when thwr 

raluler brow dw beion tb.a aohool funda for 

tlw oamont yur beoomo rvall~blrJ provided thaC 

no loans for the purpo88 of paymoat of teacher8 

rhall k paid eut of fundr other than them. ior 

the thon O~Jrlwrdi yeare 

"9. Looal rohool fund8 t’rar dlrtrlot tue8, 

tultlon Se08 OS pup118 not ontitled to irae 

tuition wad other local aouroe~ my be wed for 

th8 purporor rnumentrd tar State end county 

fun48 and for purah~ring l ppllano~s and suppllar, 

for the pqaent of inouranor prmluw, jaltore 

ubd other buployor, for buJlng r&o01 rlter, 

buying, bullding uxd rsp8lrlng end ranting 812~01 

how.‘, and ior other purpose‘ neorrruy ln t;?e 

oonduot of the pubI& eohoolr to ba doknalned by 

the Board of mY.tee‘, the aooountr and vouahw‘ 

In Ada8 vs. Ml108 36 s. 1. (21 128 on reherring 

u S* I. (2) 2r, taq0 ue08ti~r 80 0r 0n l WJ&S stat0 ~m,b 

able funda f*r oonrtruotion of rohool bulldlmgr we8 ooneldarrd by the comalrrlon of Appeal& It wti h.Ld in t&t oa8e 

thet, when tho Stat0 available fund8 zero sufflolont to 

mbtaln thm rehoo1.r OS the dlatriot far l lghtmontb, aad 

lravo a rurplur, thr rewlnl~ acne;l oould bo used, uudrr the 
544 

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wasa prwvlrionr OS Submotion 2 of Artlolr 2227, for bulld- 

@g of ‘ch00lhoW.s. It 1s prokbla that if APtlcle 2327 merew adhorleod ueb or the funds for %qlng, building and n- 

#& lîs l l l ë0h o o lh c na ë.ë, ' it would be ‘uffloIontl~ broad to 

mblr, ~8. of ‘uoh .rurplua funds for rotlrerunt of debts io0w.d for those purporor ($80 tow '18~ Rookmall IeSIDe (40%. 

CUT, App.~ error rrfurrd) 194 S. Fi. 6lQ)j but the authority 

l oafurod by the rtrtute sot only Is for %uylag, btilcllng and 

rpair~ 80h00l.h0~808~” but the trU@ke@ era iurthcr authorire& to WI rush fund8 "for other pwpo8.8 n.oo‘r~t'y in th. 

gonduot of the publIo school8 to be datunalaed by the Board of 

~N‘U)~‘.* Fc Would Ob8bma as did the Condrslon of Appeals 

h Adsas vea ?!llor (3b 9.w. (2) 125) lo ocrnuidarln~ its eimI1~ 

problca, rhct t&c Board of Wu8toc‘ , la dotermIning the 1;c.e to 

k aado d rwh rurplue ruadr - 

a I) * l 1s repeolally l uthorirod to do al~iioaL an>- 

thing deemed nooerrcry In their judgment to l oocuipli8h the purposes stated In 5ectlon 1 or hrtlclc 7 of the Conctltutlon to the cffeot Cat @a 

general dirru8ion of lamwl8~c, talr~~ cucc~#Acl 

to the prerrmtlon of the liberty and right8 of 

the paoplo, It ‘AaU. Cd trr6 kut) of t;?a Le&iloturo of tha State to rrtcblI&h and 14~8 cAtable 

provl~lon ior the support; 6n.d ~i.ate~~c df iw 

Ofri0iOnt .y.cem of public r'rec 6c:~oolr.' i* '* 9.1) 

The l t8tutory &uthorIt~ ccncrralq mc sf mth sur:Aue 

Stat. l vallablo funds is thwrforc, la our oplnlcn, br*oa& 

l nou&h to pumlt USY of l uoh find8 ic ret1rcmrr.t of ten-?ed lndobtadrmrr of l eohool di.~rZoc,. 

U8c of roncye dorAred f-am. the oountr l rallablc school 

fund Is 1lmIkd by Artlclo 2027, ‘uprar to those purpo8.8 onumcrated In Subrcctloa 1 o i that rtatuto# neither th8 oonatruotlon 

ot bullding nor peynrnt ef uutrtmdiry lwidod indebtedness 1s 

Ppong the l &horlred uaae. Mcmryr dorived trap tha oount availl b & funb, &areioN, may not be used to rrtlrr o~tetand 1 

bond‘. 

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