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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

~'Attentlcai ol' HP. Fated 

opilllon x0. O-20 

Rop.Zn establla tax rate 

in the descdbe 

Your letter P0 

Esnt upon the above otat 

lettw read8 50 plwt zw 

an ot this deparrtocn received. Your 

cotulty fklp-erlAt@A22a, Vernon~a Clvll I";tcrtutaa, 3kad5t 

COW&y iA this StSte till& in 

vh:ah shKi.L hamafter be ar~a.nI.eed, tha 

county 5ChUQlb trustaea ah?m. hwa the e.uthorlty to 

f’om ana or mm rural high ochaol Oittricta, by 

pxlplng cQntiglma UO~OA fmlQQ1 dlatrlcta hsvlng 
gonorable 801V87 Uilll8a#, Page 2 

lf%ttd *h&A fOW hundred ‘SohO~8tia ~pUhtiOA UAd 

indopondent aohool dlstrlots having less than tvo 

&u&red md fifty scholastla poralation for the 

pUrpos0, Of establlshLrq and Op0lXhtiAfJ muU1 hi& 

schools, provided OlEO that the county echo01 

trusteea:nxry annex 0x3 OF core cmmon school distriots OP 0~0 Or ~.03?e in~~~W&3At school distPict.9 

having lass thsn two hundred and Plfty scholootlo 

population to a co?slon school distrlat havinS few 

hmdred or r3oFe scholastic population or to an independent distr2at having tvo hw&ed and fifty 

OF score scholastic ‘population upon the approval 

OS t!a board of tru.stees ,of ecetl school diatnlct 

affected; provldsP that when one 0~ core (;omon 

echool dist2icis are no amexcd to a cozen scho.01 

‘dlntrlct hccvinp: four hundred or mme soholestic 

population, or to an 1ndeporiUent dintrict havfng 

two hmdred and fifty, oz’ z&ore scholastic po~~lntsan, a3 tha cost) my be, -a bocrd of triisteaa SPA11 

be alectod SPOT the Ciatrict ot large and shall 

half0 the Eaansle;ea8nt ZuicI contzvl or i&D ci:stmiot 

as enlarged tmtll the E~Lx+ r’or ths next election 

ati. p.sl3flc~tlc~m of ts*ustoes for comon and IAdependaot dlst~ict;e, BS provided by Gcr,e!ral Fzw. 

PrOVidl?d that tb0 CG'UP.ty iI?ChOOl tJ?ii”,tW?S Sh%~ 

hwe the mthorlty to abolish ~9 rmxl M.& school 

die2yrlct on a potitfon sigriad by (i aljority of 

tLh.0 voters of Gael elensztwy &Lstrict ccz!IpoaiRg 

the mm1 high school W3triot end vh~~ swh cilrtpiat km3 boai Gmilehbif tim eler63ntkwy dlstrlots 

shall autoF~t2tiU~ revurt baC’k to their ori@xil 

status, v&h the cxcep~lon thst ld the want zhore 

are my outst.mcUn:: I;ldobtedmmes qlr,Jnst tke 

&Qd :~ral c~k~:001 tiiS3!+lCt each olezcntmy distriot 

sh%Xs, aixuxo its ~~o~orl;iorA. rXU?t of the doiits. 

Ue are cs?wm.zng t.izat the 3chol%stsG pol?tllatdon ol” th9 

dlstrlcts affcoted cow rrit.Mn tho .bPaakets set oxt in frrttole 

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until after an eleatlon ahall have been held whereia b majority or be quallfiod taxmylng voters, 

voting at @aid eleotion, ohs11 hsva voted in f&voP 

of the levying;. of said tax, or Of the iirauSnCe of 

said bonds, or toth, as the case ~13~ be, and which 

elsotion ehall be held In soooldance with the l&v 

nov ~cqernln~ such ele’ctlor?a in Independent School 

dlstrlct8, provldm3 that the local taxes previouol~ 

authorized by a dlatrlct of disstriats inoluded in a 

put-al h.l& school Pilstriet OF mncxed to a o-n 0~ 

independent rrckool tiatrict, aa provided for hox%Jm, 

ohs11 be coixttiued in forae u&AL such time 8x8 0 

unifornt tax ray bo prov5Aed for the bensfit of the 

-I. hit&t E&O91 d.iiatl%Ct 6%’ 0Si.d COlZEfXl Or itlbpmdent c?btx4ot e8 cn'lar~ed b; t&e t3nnsmtion of 

the add comn 0chocl disW.ots thereto.,.~* 

The school district- fomisd by manetin& Cozzon Behool 

District Ro. 23. to rdast In&xwkdcnt IKotPiot oozwiese 8x1. eatSrblg now ls;tsl entity tmd tha qmllfiad tctxmg* voter-s OS 

the .asuly famed dlatrlct ore entltlod to vats on the leQin& of 

8 urtlSoortt tax p&te aver th% entfr? dlstriiot, at en eleatlan hold 

In Guoo~ee with the kwa ~ovew.n$ ow5 eleotibIl5 in Wk3pendont s&a91 dlat‘riats 0