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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 50plwt zw an ot this deparrtocn received. Your

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COW&y iA this StSte till& in vh:ah shKi.Lhamafter be ar~a.nI.eed, tha county 5ChUQlbtrustaea ah?m. hwa the e.uthorltyto f ’om ana or mm rural high ochaol Oittricta, by pxlplng cQntiglma UO~OAfmlQQ1dlatrlcta hsvlnggonorable 801V87Uilll8a#, Page 2

lf%ttd *h&AfOW **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 OFcore cmmon school distriots OP0~0 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 r3oFescholastic population or to an independent distr2at having tvo hw&ed and fifty OFscore scholastic ‘population upon the approval OSt!a board of tru.stees ,of ecetl school diatnlct affected; provldsP that whenone 0~ core (;omon echool dist2icis are no amexcd to a cozen scho.01

‘dlntrlct hccvinp:four hundred or mme soholestic population, or to an 1ndeporiUentdintrict havfng two hmdred and fifty, oz’ z&orescholastic po~~lntsan, a3 tha cost) my be, -abocrd of triisteaa SPA11 be alectod SPOTthe Ciatrict ot large and shall half0the 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, BSprovided 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 km3boai Gmilehbif tim eler63ntkwydlstrlots shall autoF~t2tiU~ revurt baC’kto 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.zngt.izat the 3chol%stsG pol?tllatdon ol” th9 dlstrlcts affcoted cow rrit.Mn tho .bPaakets set oxt in frrttole 2922(a), sup3Y3:n.

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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 iirauSnCeof 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 OFmncxed 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&tE&O91 d.iiatl%Ct6%’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 tmdtha 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