OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honoreblo a. Burtt pottu 

county Attorna~ 

soa Parlelo county 

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your firat queatlon vm advia* th8t m 

n the 1~ l thorlal~ the Cltr &ml* 

oanaol -a8 artor the qalri0a voter8 

raquirea aumBer hro giroa l 88od to the 

8a8 at aa elostloa haa 8ad oolduutod l bordin6 to the raqulranrnts or the datutos. In mtter8 or 

this LFnd tb poppa or th aitr cmd88i0n me iinft0a 

and 18, thuOr0m, oonfln~ mtriotly to the l th o r lt808- ~ 

rerrsa upon thlt Body by the Logl8l*tur*. All Bond8 Rust 

be authoriaad by (I +6ta of Use people. T&a promulgtloa 
Honorable C. Burtt Potter, ysaa #2 

or tha result or a rair election regularly ha16 end oonduotaa la the final word, aod lt beoomea mndotory upon 

the Coamlaalon to ontrrr ths propar orders and to lasso 

bonds to oarry out the purpose desfgueted by the ele'otora. 

Orr v. Merre, 47 3. W. (&I) 440. (Slnae thia case, the 

Lsglalature has authorized aohool dlatrlcta to hold elaotlona ror the pu-poaa 0r reroklng or cancelling unwld 

school alatrlot bonds. Article l?786a, Revleed Civil Statutem or Texas.) 

Theretore, It ia our opinion thot the City Commlaalcaoi Aranaaa Paaa can not daatroy or omocl any aawunt 

or bouda voted by the quallried voter4 or the cltr. 

Aa per our conversation on your rsaant rlalt to 

thla orrlos 8han we dlaousssd your oplnlon raqueat, wa blah 

to aQrla0 further on this question - that there Is no proVlslon ln the lsw outbori2Ing the City Comalaaion to order 

an claotlon ror tha purpose of atmtroylng or oanoalll~ 

unsold bonds authorized by the qunlilled electors of the 

city. 

In 193Z the La&alaturs paaaad a law authorizing 

the CommlaaIonara~ Cowt to order an slsotIon to detamlns 

whether or not unsold road bonds authorized by a oounty or 

dsflned dlatrlot shall bs revoked or osanoslled, but this Aot 

la applioabla only to county mad bond8 or road dirtrIot 

bonds rotsd pursuant to Beotloa ae 0r Article 3 0r ths Coaatltutlon. (Artiola 7848, Rarisod Cl~ll Statutes of Tsn8.) 

The Leglalatura ha6 also attthorimQ aohool dlstriots 

to hold eleotlons ror the purposs of rewoklngg or oauosllltw 

unsold aohool dlatriot bonds. Chapter 103, Aots or 1oSSt 

Artlole 278,6a, Rorlaed Civil 8tatutss or Taxaa. 

Ws wrely cite the above artiolea to shw tb8f 

there wsa no euthority to oanoel or roroke bonba Of sw tied 

until In rbont ysara when fho Legislature g@vs the authorftf 

to hold eleotloPr for the purpose of oanoelling and rsro)cing 

road bonds an6 aohool dlatriot Bonda, Rwarer, the, Led*- 

leture has not seen rit to pass 18w8 authorizing oltl+s to 

hold eleotloas for #a purpose of revoting or oanosllfng 

unsold bonda. 
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honorable C. Burtt Potter, page 83 

In tha 044s or W%lllaa~s Y. Clover, 259 9. W., 

957, tha Waoo court or Clrll Appeals held as rollowsr 

Thor. la, howarar, no Inhsrent right In 

the people, whether of the Stats or or aouie 

partloular aubdlrlalon thusof, to hold an 

alootion ror any purposa. Suoh action must be 

based on authority oonferred by law." 

. 

In the can0 or Orr v. Yaws, aupra, the oourt 

said : 

mMtsr the will or tha rotors shall have 

been l rprssssd and ssoertslnsd as provided by 

the law by an elcotlon, nothing remains, uatler 

the tsrau or the statute, But to carry it into 

8rr80t. It Is miatu40atti that toters or 4 aistriot oaa only axerolse suoh powers a4 are oonh;;;z by ststuts, altkr erprasaly of by iplpll- 

. Al.1 powus not expressly or by Implloation oonicrrsd are sxoludsd. The power to resoled 

the formar rota ror ths bond lasus not being axPrsSSly glron by the ststuts, It may not bs, It 

la believed, reasonably lmpllad. 'The power to 

.rots on a bond lsaus ImplIes the power to tots 

against it, but not to rota to rescind it after 

it has boa rsqalarly suthorlssd. As well my 

It Be implied that power to .voto for or against 

a psrwa ror orfloo oonfers the power to rewIn4 

his eleotion mgulsrlv rds by a subrsquest vote 

0r totars. xi the k&slsturo had Intended to 

grant ttb4 right 0r dthdrarrrl of ths rots, It 

oould ass11.y hard boea sxgrosssd." 

Fherororo, it 18 the oplnlon or this dspsrtmsa* 

that the City Coamisaion has no l uthatity to oall an elsstlon ror tha purposs or rovokiag or oanoallIng bonds. 

In reply to your ssoona quaatI6n we adrias that 

when tha fpiirfed property tarpsring voters 0r l 0lty 

authorize $500,000 worth or bonds end the Coamisdon on4 

laauea fSUO,OOO, the ramlnlng $lW,OOO may be issued at 

a future data. (~3 city or Hotdon T. Eocmw, 11s s. *. 

(26) 1213.) It la our opinion that an ardor pasasd By the 
Honorabl4 C. Burtt Potter, pai34 ff4 

pnmnt Codesion beiora the projaot la completed that 

the raaalnlng 9150,000 would navar bo issued would not ba 

binding on tutura admlnlrtrations. The bonds.hare bean 

authorized and it is in the dlroretlon of the Commls8lon 

whether or not ,lt is nsosssary to issus 411 of the bonds 

to carry out the ~rpo44 deaignsted by the voters. If 

they deolda at e leter data that the rcmolndcr or the money 

1s necessary to carry out the purpore authorized in tha 

bond election, then such order oould be revoked at a future 

date clnd the remlnlng authorized bonds famed. Howaver, 

under the authority of Blaok v. Strenijh, 246 6. K. 79, if 

the city Coxmleslon p4444a 4n order arter the eleotlon 

order and notice had been lsmmd, but Frlor to the alaction, 

that the Cosmlsslon muld only issue 9350,000 ot the f%OO,OOO 

provided for in tlY& elaotlon notloe, then ~4 thlnk that Bald 

order would be binding on the present nnd future adminlstrat1ona. In the Black oacm, sham a slmller order wei4 passad 

prior to the election, the oonrt hald thet the ordar was in 

arrcot a contract with the people end good ralth r4qUlr4d 

that the oontraot be kept. 

Trusting that this anmf4r4 your qusstlons, w4 am 

Very truly your4 

ATTOUNliY CENMAI. .OP TEXAS