a city jmdor college;
(3) a nrdon jmior college;
(4) a county junior college;
(5) ajointumIy junior adlege; and
(6) apobUcjmioradlegeesaptordivisionofa@onslwIlege diatria
Chapter130dthEducationCodcprovides~fortbecstablishmmtof~hautborizcdtype(d plblicjonhrcoU~ SeeEduc~Ccdech.l3O,subch.B@nwidingforcstab~ofindqmdQlt school dblrict or cityjunior c&legs); id. sub&. C @mvidiq for cstablishamt of union, county, orjoint- anmtyjunioradleges). (ln1985thelc&lamenpealalsubchapterFofthcEducationCade,which putaid IOIhe esIablishmwt of regionalcollege diskts. Sre Acts MS, 69th Leg., ch. 302, &? 3.) By "counpdcindcpmdentachooldibtrictjuniorcollegc~wc wderawd seaioo 130.070(a) due Educakm C& to indicate a junior adleg district that is au&or&d by @on 130.004(a)(l) ood tstaMirhdwderchapbrl30,subchPpterBaadthatisbwnded,asistheindependcntscbDoldiariqby IlEcfamIyunes.
ZTbclegishm enactedse&on 130.070 in 1972. See Acts 1972,62d Leg., 4th C.S., ch. 16.0 1, at 37. NoIatdy, prior to the emadmwt of EccIial 130.070, Ihis ooicc issued AtInrncy General opinioo M-1073 (1972), io which we coti&&, among o&r things whaher the Ckkws JuniorCollege Di#rict migludisaMexIheMidIand IndepardentschoolDiict,IherehycrcaIingIheMidIaodlndqrcadeot School Dimict as a seprak junior college dkict. AttorneyGeneralOpinion M-1073 (1972) at 1. By that the, ofworse, tk legislaturehad enactedsection 130.069 of the Educationcode, but it had not yet emackdse&m 130.070. This 05%~determinedthat no UristinSstatutg au&r&d the Odessa Junior College District to disanaar the Midland hdqmdent School District. Id.at 2. The opinion further statcdtbat,ascx.istinglawsdidnotauthoriz.esuchadisannexaIion,
the only reworse would be le&lative action. Any law authori?& such di~tionwouldhwetobcagmallaw,underi\lticleUI,Scctioo56ofthe Texas constitution.
Similarly, territorydisan~& under a valid law could be formed into a ncwdistria,butthatmustbedoneunderaMilablegcnerallawandnotby~ ataMe. Id
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participation in a junior college district pursuant to section 130.070(a) if the attendant ciramitances satisfy the following prerequisites:
(1) The junior college district annexed the independent school district. See Educ. Code $5 130.064 - 130.068 (providing for annexation of territory to junior college district). (2) The independent school district is the only school district that the junior college district has annexed. (3) The independent school district is in a county that adjoins t&ejunior dege district.
(4) The junior college district is an independent school district junior college district, established pursuant to chapter 130, subchapter B of the Education Code.
(5) The junior college district is countywide.
(6) The junior college district has paid off any bonded indebtedness it huxured since the junior college district annexed the independent school district. (7) The independeatt school district will create a separate junior college district.
Senate Bill 19, which, when mmctcd,arkkd section 130.070 to tbc Education Code, was itadwed at the fomth called session of the 62d Legislature. This office comdered, in AttomeyGeneraI Opinion M-1235 (1972), the applicabilityof kste Bii 19 aad its compnnionbii, House BiU 33. llmt ~inionquotrdthcfou~~factsfromthe~~sleaatothis~~:
In their application, [Senate Bill 19 and Homx Bii 331, these biUs will applyonlytotbeOdez%JtiorCdlegeDiict. Apartoftbatdistrict comprisingthMidlaad~ntScboolDistrictwantsalegal~ra dimnnex itself fromthe OdessaJuniorCollegeDistrict. Attorocy Gamal Opinion M-1235 (1972) al 1. In answer to tk requestor'sinquiries regading the applicabiity of the bills, the opinion concludedthat "thebills in questionapplyto any idependent school d&rid which is the only school district that has been amxxed to a county-wide imkpendent school dislrictjunior college districtin an adjoining county." Id.at 6. The opinion tkttheradvised that "the provisions of these bii wiU apply to deannedon procedun of territoriesof an idepdent school districtwhich is the only school districtthat has been