OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF l’&ZXAS AUSTIN

Honorable X. 3. kuxm countyAttorney UcCulloch Countg Drady, Texas L

Dear Sir; ..r\,. '.

ate08 of.the K'oldrig 01 District aUthGZizcd 8X the buildi.!?? k.llGWIl erage or the land Gpon
a locat0d at private nale Ith or wlthout the con8 oounty trusteee?
for an opinion of thts.nspsrtIon has been reo0loed.

the mldrip Conmon School ountpt dosire to sell th0 teachern the echooi kind haretofore dsedsd to of the %%ldrip School. DfKtrict for school ordur to obtain filnns vflih MhlCh to a0 ~ditionolbukl~iog on the schoolb,uilda uchoolbuilding is not new being:used I'cr school g~~-poms fi~oto tix?fact;that the student3w-6 011 ott.oadingschool in another district. xt in not now." th8 1ntenttc.n of the trustsa $3 wmr 2i.9~3 school ut thu %ldrlp 8ahool hollae. Xt 13 the dooira of the truat-honorable 1. J. Burns, Psse 2

em, however, to-sellthe-teachersgoend ap;lly the money $0 lwxovements on the school hcuse in order to use the EChGOl house as a co.mq;nity center, and else save insurance that they are now pspiq on the teacherage.

~"Pleaaeadviseme whether or notthe trustees of the 'Caldrip

Co.mmon

bohool Diatrict are authorized to sell either the baiLdin known as the taacherage or the buildingknown as thexthe teaoheragean6 the land upon which it is located at private sale for cash, with or ~witbout

the consent of the oounty trustees. Ir they are authcrized to sell thisbuildiqi, either with or .withoutthe consent of the Cbunty trustees, then ecPfi,se mo whether or not themoney derived therefrom can lawfully be applied to repair the existing: sohoolbuildina,,

which **iB thereafter**  **$0** be used for .oommualty>urposea, such aa relipious eatharin&s, pol$.tioal

meetings, social functions, eto., under tha direction of the Board of Trustees of ibuoh dfstrict.W
Two nttttutasin Terns provide for tho sole of 

### sohool property. They are Artioles 2753 and 2773, Vernon*sAnnotated Civil Gtatutes. The former statute read8 as followa:

"The trustees of any echool diat~ict, upon the order of ths county trustees preccrlbl~ the terns thereof,when deemod ad*Iseble,may make ~6x10of any prrpertj belongins, to 6eia schooldistrict, and a,7pl.g the prooeeile to the puchsse of necessary @xunds
or to tha bulLdinji or repa$.rir&of'school hcuoes, or place ths proceeds to the credit of the available sohool runi? of the district.*

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f&tie.K; Wilson;-CountyAttorney, Bey 'City,33~88, &ate& geptanber 10, 195%; (2) .Gur Dpfnion Ho. O-450.

Numroua d.ecM.ons both in Texas and In other juriaulotiona point out that sohool tliatrlctgam corporationswith very Ur.ited pawera.

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districts am Dublie quasi-cxuiclyal oorporati&, 635etluea termd involuntary corporatiOAS They w&e contracts, levy texes, and pom3e;l &&rtg. They are orgehized not for the pu?ipue of prcii.t or gain, but solely for the public benefit, and have only such limlteO powera aa nay be necessary for that pur~%ee. They havo thersfore been aaia to bo corpomtlons OS the nest limited powers ]rnowRta the wOXld.P86%hi8AR Sohool District Y. Pasadena, lG6 Cal. 7, 134 Rec. 985, LSUL Gas, 1015-Y, 1039, 47 L. R. A, (ES)-.692.They are ,butthe egsnta of the state for the sole purpose of adtnlnisterlng *the state ogqten of gublio eduostion end hsvs only 6UOh pOW8XB ,RS

Ql'%OGnferr%d tXQX83fdy Or by ABCCaSsary i~pllaation.~ 24Rcl. 864, Sec. 7, (Op~nlonNo. .o-lwO~~*~

as quote Pron the case of IZarlfngen Zmiapartdant

sahool Distrfct 'v.Pa@ Rroa., 48 6. w. (zd) 983 628 r0lmt3;

~~"T!qboerrd of trustees @f6@36586 powers expresnly aoaferred upon,it by law or neoeaearily iri- ;il.ied

### firm the pwm3re so aonferred.*

Corpue Jur3.spoints out that progsxty Cevotec¶ to a publicWM cm only be d2apoeed of by exsross authority, and
a pmernl gave of dinpasition h&in baen held to be restricted to property not nesdad

### for the use of public schools. 55 Cm. Jur. 437, sec. 417. This authority stateo t!zmFthe sale mat be mde ir.ccm~linncewith the term cifthe statute,authoriziq it, but that substantial procedure:l ccm~llnncs io sut'ficiarlt.

7% iheh to atreas the ,faitt that ~111of those authorit10s !xlb t&t oohool. bow&a hnva oniy the ezpraea authority ~;iv6t3 th= IR th6 otatut9 aei ~n2.y p:h 3.wliad wma a8 km-4 neocssary to oxeoute suoh siwr?PasE goawera.

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a0followsr

"A only in eohooldlstrict~can convey its property

the mnncr providad by law. 11, by lar, an ~--order

of th0 ocmieaioner8~ CGurt, tha oonsont of the county suparintendent,of the state suporintondont or the State Board ol.~LdusetiGn, Is nocassarg tG the validity of a aale, such ordar or oonsantnust bo obtained."

quote from Texa0 Jurlsprudenoe,Vol. 37, page 960

blso see the ceee cf Crouch v. komy, 69 S. I?.1001.

Zf the provisions of ,"trtSclo 2753, sups, are fol

### Lied, as8wdng; of courno, tbnt fee simple title is in the boerd, sllch title racybs oonvoywd to a 

### person who is not a mabar of the schoolboard. Said Article Ijrovidss, in effect, that the .trustses of any~school district inrsaking a .aaleaf any property belon@g to said aohoo1 districtmat obtain an order of tbo c,ountytrunteob

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### terns of such sale end also p~ovidas t*t tha ~roceadn of mob sale shallbe applied to the purc>aao of necessary grounds or to the building or repairing of achooL houaas, or such proceeds nay be placed to the oredit of the available aohool fund of the dietriot.

In vioviof the fcroF,cing.&uthoritisa you are respaatfullyadvised that it is the opiriionGf this Departmentthat the truoteas of tba Xaldrip ComGn School Dfstriot are authorized to sell either tho buildis@ 

### knowi RS the teacheraCe or the land u?nn ;s!iahit Is located, or both, In cosi~llanoe with Article 2753, SUJDX. Eoowever,it is our further opinion that tho 

### p20tmae3of CIUD~ ad,00~ not be used to inprovo or x0- pair R schoolhouseY;?tsn the school house is hot used for school pux~oeee or %sre it is t;haintention of the trustees that the school house aba1i naver be used again

### for school purp0f30Et.

The proceeds cf‘such sala mst be ap:>15.ed to the purposts specificallyprovided for in Arttole 2753, oupra.

Trustin that the foregoir~ fully an&v&r's your inquiry,we ar_e
Tour8 vary truly~