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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

I AUSTIN 

Bonarab1.o T. X. Trlmble 

First Aarletant State Superintendent 

Austin, Texan 

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Dear Sir; 

plnien roquert of 

follalYingC quo5tloM: 

n tw Belton 

es are anxloua 

1 mattez, Paut a 

ate axl County taxaxpaying mater, nwit a person .~ 

paid hie 1940 taxes? 

*5. frr a parrron aoneidud a taxpeylae voter 

who has onlf render54 hla property tar tOrati0nP 

"6* Would a peraonvho hns real oz pP5OM1. 

preperty subjeot to taxeti?n, whlah Bar not been 

rendereb, be aOn$$dcrred a qualified tatpap%& 

teter and eligible .to rote fa m bbad eleatiQn?* I 
Honorable T. Lf. TrImblo, pa@ 48 

The mnner of holding a bond eleotlon in an independant echo01 dlatrlet la govamad by the law regulating 

general eleotlona. Artid E788, Vernon*8 Annotated Civil 

Statutea, 34 Tama Juriaprud8no8, 650. 

At th8 outret wa will aummrlao the quallfioationa 

Of Toter8 in an itidepandant l ohool diatrfat bond alaotian 

aa daiinad by tha Constitution and tha Statute8 of Tana. 

We will fbn attmpt to answer oaoh apeoiiio quaatIon In tha 

ardor in whloh they hare baon aakad. 

A pW8On oSiUi 

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to vote in a bond elaation in an 

lndapan4ent aohool dlatr ot muat bar8 raaided in the Stat8 

for ollb year, In tha oounty air montha, be OWE tha aga of 

twenty-one, must hre pld a poll tax prior to FebStury f&at 

praoeding the alegtion., or be axWept therafrom, muat ba a 

oitison of the Wnltad State8 aimI muat own tanblo pr0paz-t~ in 

tin l ohool dlatrlat whIoh ha haa duly randared for taxation. 

A person under twenty-oar pars OS age, idiot8 and lunatiea, 

pauper8 mpported bg tha county, all parsons oonriotad or a 

faloql who80 ettiranahip haa not baen restored by pardon, and 

all aoldlera, aerlnea and l eaaen employed In the aamIoe of 

tha aPmy or navy, are &laqurlIflad. Oonatltution of Texas, 

Art. 6, 800. 1, Z, Sa; Vernon*8 Annotate4 Cltll Statutaa of 

Texaa Arta. EQ!U, 8955, E955a (by whloh said aeatlona of tha 

Oonatitutlon were plaoed in our statutory law)* Oaxupball ta. 

Wright, 95 3. W. (8U) 140 Taxer Publlo Utlllt~aa Oorporation 

vs. Holland, lea 9. W. (I? d 1 10&B. 

In reply to rour rlrat quaatlon you are adtiaod that 

in our opinion before a peraon Wn Vat@, hia ptOpOrbf muat 

appSm on the tax roll.8 of the partietiar dlatrlat holding 

the election. Art. 6, 880. 38 of t&e Conatltutlon of Ten8; 

Barker ~a. WIleon, 805 9. W. 543; 37 Texas J11rl8pru681~0 @8c* 

Quaation m&bar two la anawarad tn the nO@tiYa. 

Thara la no rwqulrenvnt that a voter be a fJtat@ ana 

muty taxpayer in order to be qwlifl6b t0 tota Ia an IMependant aohool dlatrlot 816otion. saotlon 5a of Artiala 6 

Of the cOMtitUt:On 0s T-8 Previde8 that oti 

eleetora who own taxabrs propertp in the d&W 1 at whU* sooh 

qualified 

*hotIon f8 bsld, an4 who her8 dulf rsndarad ume for tamtlon ahall ba qualffiad to '10ba*, 
Honornble T. LI. Trimbla, page 83 

Gueatlon numbor three la anawared in the negative. 

Sohool DCt~r,eU~~nr,'E~~~'~V~~ $&!4~~&e~~a~~~~ 

of Balton and la a separate and dlatlnot entity, having ita 

own governing body. 

House Ml1 #lOD lrort -8ennth Legleleture amen&a 

Artlo 8955 of the Revhad 0 i vi1 Statutoa of the $tab of 

Texas, relative to the quallfioatlona to tots, aald law beoari* efieotlr4 on Woh 5, 1941, and reads, in part, as followat 

"Provided that a alty poll tax shell not be 

required to rot* in any eleotlon in thlr State, 

emapt in olty elaotlon8.~ 

CLueatlon number rour la anaw4rad In the nogtlte. 

There la no r6 ulramnt 

of Texan stating that e 

in the Constltutloa or Statutes 

axes must be actually paid, the only raqulremaat being thet a qualified eleotor muat onn taxable property in the diatriat rrhero auoh l leotlon la held and who has 

duly reml*red the 8-e for taxation. Boa. Ja, Art. 6 of the 

Oonatltution OS Texasi Artlole 8965a, Yemon*s Annotated Clrll 

StatUt48; ampb*ll WI. Wright, l upra. 

7?;unetlon numb*r rlro la answered in the affirmatlre. 

As stated above, the only repulrvmant in ths Statutes 

and the Constitution of Texas to be quallrl*d to tote in a bond 

eleotion la that said property must bm in the aohool dlstrlob 

and aam must be aalr rendered ror taxation. We. 3a, Art. 6 

or the Constitution, and A 

Clvll Stetutoa, 

rtlcle MISSa, Vernon** Annotated 

cueetlon numbor air Is anarared in the negative. 

34~. 3 or Art. 6 or the Constitutlo~ epeeirieaiiy 

states that said property must be dul rondered for taxation 

before a voter is sll@ble in e bon 73 eleotion. 

As to the manbig or ~dulp rend4r46~ tfu oeurt* oi 

this State, in the 6aaea or Campbell vs. Wrh%ht WI To=* 

Publie Utllltl4a vs. Holland, 8upra, h*r* bad th4t lf a* 
Honorable T. K. Trlmble, page #4 

property of a oitlzen is on the tax roll aod he lo 11s ble 

ror the taxes 8sSesS0d he bae “duly fendered the samem lmorar as hie right to rot6 under the provlalona Or Article 6, 

See. 9a of the Texas Constitution, la oonoerned, without 

regerd to the manner in which the rendition of such property 

was made. Property may be rendered by them pereonally or 

through an agent or be aseemed by the tex asaaasoc ii the 

pro rty cwner has rolled to render the pro rty. We are 

am oaln a oopy of our oplnlon Numhar O-11 8, whloh more 

r E[ 

r 

dear&y erlnes this term. 

Truatlng that thle answpyera your questions, we are 

Ver)r truly yours 

ATTORWET OTiZQRAL OF 'i"EXAS 

COB-a 

APPROVEUAPR 8, 1941 

ATTORNEY GZNSRAL OF TEXAS 

APPROVED 

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