July 30, 1951 

Hon. H. Clyde McDendon 

County Attorney 

Zavala County 

Crystal City; Texas 

Dear Sir: 

opinion no. v-1221 , 

Re: Authority to dissolve 

a joint county junior 

college district creat- 

;dC2der Article 2815h, 

. . . 

question: 

you have requested an opinion on the following 

'May a Joint County Junior College Mstrlctorganlzed under the provisions of Art. 

281513, Section 18, be dissolved, 'and If so 

in what manner?' 

Article 28~31, V.C.S., provides for the establishment of junior college districts. These districts are 

therein designated and classified 

Districts 

Districts t 

Art. 28151-1, Sec. l), (2 

(1) Junior College 

Art. 2815h, Sets. 17, 1 

Union Junior College 

lg), (3) County-wide 

Junior College Districts (Art. 28156, Sets. 17 1.8, 19) 

and (4) Joint County Junior College Districts {Art. 281$h, 

Sets. 17, 18, 19). Article 2'8~31 does not authorize the 

dissolution of any junior college district. 

Section 5 of Article 2815h provides that the 

board of trustees of junior college districts shall be 

governed in the establishment, ,management, and control 

of junior colleges by the general law governing the establishment, 

districts. 

management* and control of independent school 

The phrase establishment, management, and control" cannot be enlarged to include dissolution. Moreover, 

boards of trustees of independent school districts have no 

authority to dissolve Independent school districts. 

House Bill 609, Acts 

498, p. 922 (Art. 28154, V.C.S 7 

1st Leg., R.S. 1949, ch. 

applying only to union 

junior college districts, providis in part: 

"Ssction 1. Whenever the Legislature 

shall create within the boundary of any 
Hon. H. Clyde McLendon, page a (V-1221) 

Is composed of the territory of two or more counties. 

The provisions of Section 2 of Article 2815q cannot be 

construed to apply to a district composed of territory 

located in more than done county. 

We find no provision in the laws of this State 

which authorizes the dissolution or abolishment of a 

joint county junior college district. There is lacking any statutory authorization making the laws relating to the abolishment of independent school districts 

applicable generally to junior college districts. Furthermore, the provisions of those statutes (Arts. 2i67- 

2767f, V.C.S.) would not be appropriate to the dissolution of joint county junior college districts. For 

example, statutory provisions for the settlement of the 

affairs of an abolished Independent school district, 

for the collection of taxes by another school district 

to pay outstanding bonds and debts, and for the disposition of its assets cannot be adapted to a joint county junior college district. Their inapplicability to 

union junior college districts, and by analogy to joint 

county junior college districts, was recognized by the 

e 

Legislature in Article 2815q, when It provided for the 

settlement of the affairs of the dissolved union junior 

college district In a manner different from that provided by the law relating to independent school districts. 

There beine; an absence of such authority and 

statutorv Drocedure to effect a dissolution. a joint 

co&&y~$u&r college district 

der present laws. 

cannot be dissol;ed unSUMMARY 

Under present law, a _ . _ 

joint county 

junior college district established under 

Article 281gh, Sets. 17, 18, 19, V.C.S., 

oannot be dissolved. 

APPROVED: Yours very truly, 

J. C. Davis, Jr. 

County Affairs Mvision 

Everett Hutchinson 

Executive Assistant 

PRICE DARIEL 

Attorney General 

Charles D. Mathews 

;Fg Assistant 

: 

BY 

John Reeves 

Assistant 

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