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TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 3. Management; Equalization Tax

Sec. 3. MANAGEMENT;  EQUALIZATION TAX.  The general management, supervision and control of the public schools and of the educational interests of each county adopting the provisions of this law shall be vested in the County Board of School Trustees, except as otherwise provided by law, and said Board shall perform such duties as are or may be required of it by existing law and by the provisions of this Act and shall constitute the Board of Trustees for such county-wide district.  Any such county-wide school equalization district formed in the manner hereinabove provided may levy and collect annually on all taxable property in the county an equalization tax not to exceed Ten (10¢) cents on the One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars valuation of property situated in said county, and the money derived from such tax shall be known as an equalization fund for the support of the public schools of the county, which fund shall be distributed to the school districts of the county as provided herein.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 4. Election on Tax

Sec. 4. ELECTION ON TAX.  On the petition of as many as one hundred (100) legally qualified property taxpaying voters of any county which shall have adopted the provisions of this Act, praying for the authority to levy and collect said tax, the County Judge shall immediately order an election to be held throughout the county, said election to be held not more than thirty (30) days from the date of such order.  The County Judge shall give notice of such election by publication of the order in some newspaper published in the county for twenty (20) days prior to the date of such election.  Only legally qualified property taxpaying voters, who own property in the county and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, shall be allowed to vote in said election.  The form of ballot is substantially as follows:"For County Tax;"  or"Against County Tax"The Commissioners Court shall, at its next regular meeting, canvass the returns of said election, and if a majority of the votes cast shall favor such tax, the court shall declare the result and certify same to the County Board of School Trustees and to the County Tax Assessor and Collector, and said Board of County School Trustees shall thereupon be authorized to levy said tax and the County Tax Assessor and Collector shall be authorized to assess and collect same.  No election to revoke said tax shall be ordered until the expiration of three (3) years from the date of the election at which said tax was adopted.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 5. Assessment and Collection of Tax

Sec. 5. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAX.  In the counties adopting the provisions of this law, the County Tax Assessor shall assess all of the taxable property in the county at the same rate of valuation as it is assessed for state and county purposes, and the County Tax Collector shall collect said tax at the same time and in the same manner as other state and county taxes are collected.  The Tax Collector shall deposit the money collected from said tax in a separate fund to be known as the County Equalization Fund for the support of the public schools of the county.  He shall have the same authority, and the same laws shall apply in the collection of said tax as in the collection of county ad valorem taxes.  He shall, on or about the 10th of each month, make a report to the County Board of School Trustees and to the County Superintendent of Schools, showing all moneys collected by him during the last month by said tax, and shall each month place such funds in the equalization fund.  The County Superintendent shall keep a record, both received and paid out, of all money from said fund.  The officers assessing and collecting said equalization tax shall receive therefor the same compensation as is paid for assessing and collecting school taxes in common school districts.
TX Civ Stat § 6 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 6. Bond

Sec. 6. BOND.  The Tax Collector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond, with two (2) or more good and sufficient sureties, or surety bond, for the protection of said equalization fund, said bond to be made payable to the County Board of School Trustees, and to be made in a sum not less than double the amount of money which he may have in his possession of said fund at any time.  The amount of said bond shall be fixed by the County Board of School Trustees.  The County Board shall require a similar bond of any and all other persons or corporations in whose possession such funds may be kept.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 7. Distribution of Tax Money

Sec. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF TAX MONEY.  The County Board of School Trustees shall distribute the money collected from any taxes levied by said District under the provisions of this Act to the common and independent districts of the county according to the financial needs of said school districts.  The County Board of School Trustees shall determine the needs of said respective school districts and allocate said funds to said respective school districts so as to provide a salary of not less than Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars per year to any teacher employed in any school within the county complying with the provisions of this Act.  If the funds received by any such school district from the State Available School Fund, from the rural aid funds provided by the state and from the local taxes received by such school district, together with any funds received from any other source, are insufficient to provide the minimum salary, it shall be the duty of said County School Board to provide from the funds derived by the tax levied under the provisions of this Act sufficient funds to enable such school district to pay said minimum salary.  After said school trustees shall have provided for the said minimum salary for all teachers employed in the public schools of such county, it shall be their duty to allocate and distribute the remaining funds provided by the tax to be levied under the provisions of this Act in such manner as to them shall appear best in assisting those schools that are in most need of said funds.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 8. Trustees' Duties and Powers Not Affected; Levy and Collection of Tax

Sec. 8. TRUSTEES' DUTIES AND POWERS NOT AFFECTED;  LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX.  This Act shall not have the effect of changing any duties imposed on or powers conferred on the trustees of any common or independent school districts situated in the counties covered by this Act, unless and except as expressly provided herein;  it being the intention of this law that said respective Boards of Trustees shall continue to administer their lawful duties and powers as now authorized by law, but the equalization tax authorized shall be levied by the County Board of School Trustees and assessed and collected by the County Tax Assessor and Collector.
TX Civ Stat § 9 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740f-5. County Unit System in Counties of 27,000 to 30,000|Section 9. Partial Invalidity; Repeal of Conflicting Laws

Sec. 9. PARTIAL INVALIDITY;  REPEAL OF CONFLICTING LAWS.  In case any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or void, then, and in that event, it shall not affect any other clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this Act.  All laws, or parts of laws, both general and special, in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed.|Acts 1947, 50th Leg., p. 800, ch. 399.|
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 1. Taxing Power

 Section 1. TAXING POWER.  Any county in this State wherein the United States Government has acquired or shall hereafter acquire large tracts of land containing one thousand (1,000) acres or more or wherein such lands have been approved by the United States Government for purchase for the purpose of reforestation and whose assessed valuation of property is not less than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000), shall have a county unit system of education to the extent specified in this Act, and for the purpose of levying, assessing and collecting a school equalization tax, and for such other administrative functions as are herein set forth;  the territory of each of such counties may be created into a county wide school district in the manner hereinafter provided and may exercise the taxing power as hereinafter provided.  There shall be exercised in and for the entire territory of each of such counties, to the extent in this Act prescribed, the taxing power conferred on school districts by Article 7, Section 3, of the Constitution, but such taxing power shall not be exercised until and unless authorized by a majority of the qualified property taxpaying voters residing therein at an election to be held for that purpose as hereinafter provided.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 2. Petition, Notice of Election and Ballot

Sec. 2. PETITION, NOTICE OF ELECTION AND BALLOT.  On the petition of as many as one hundred (100) legally qualified voters of any county coming under the provisions of this Act praying for the formation of such county wide school district, the County Judge shall, within thirty (30) days, order an election to be held throughout the county.  The County Judge shall give notice of the date of such election by publication of the order in some newspaper published in the county for twenty (20) days prior to the date of such election, and all legally qualified voters shall be allowed to vote at said election.  The form of ballot shall be substantially as follows:"For Equalization District""Against Equalization District"The Commissioners Court shall at its next regular meeting canvass the returns of said election, and if a majority of votes cast shall favor the formation of such district, the Court shall declare the result thereof and declare the county wide school equalization district duly and legally created and the provisions of this Act duly adopted.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 3. Supervision by County Board of Trustees

Sec. 3. SUPERVISION BY COUNTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.  The general management, supervision and control of the public schools and of the educational interests of each county adopting the provisions of this law shall be vested in the county board of school trustees, except as otherwise provided by law, and said board shall perform such duties as are or may be required of it by existing law and by the provisions of this Act and shall constitute the board of trustees for such county wide district.  Any such county wide school equalization district formed in the manner hereinabove provided may levy and collect annually on all taxable property in the county an equalization tax not to exceed twenty-five (25) cents on the One Hundred Dollars ($100) valuation of property situated in said county, and the money derived from such tax shall be known as an equalization fund for the support of the public schools of the county, which fund shall be distributed to the school districts of the county as provided herein.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 4. Petition and Election for Tax

Sec. 4. PETITION AND ELECTION FOR TAX.  On the petition of as many as one hundred (100) legally qualified property taxpaying voters of any county which shall have adopted the provisions of this Act, praying for the authority to levy and collect said tax, the County Judge shall immediately order an election to be held throughout the county, said election to be held not more than thirty (30) days from the date of such order.  The County Judge shall give notice of such election by publication of the order in some newspaper published in the county for twenty (20) days prior to the date of such election.  Only legally qualified property taxpaying voters, who own property in the county and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, shall be allowed to vote in said election.  The form of ballot is substantially as follows:"For County Tax""Against County Tax"The Commissioners Court shall, at its next regular meeting, canvass the returns of said election, and if a majority of the votes cast shall favor such tax, the Court shall declare the result and certify same to the county board of school trustees and to the county tax assessor and collector, and said board of county school trustees shall thereupon be authorized to levy said tax and the county tax assessor and collector shall be authorized to assess and collect same.  No election to revoke said tax shall be ordered until the expiration of three (3) years from the date of the election at which said tax was adopted.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 5. Assessment and Collection of Tax, Segregation as County Equalization Fund

Sec. 5. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAX, SEGREGATION AS COUNTY EQUALIZATION FUND.  In the counties adopting the provisions of this law, the county tax assessor shall assess all of the taxable property in the county at the same rate of valuation as it is assessed for State and county purposes, and the county tax collector shall collect said tax at the same time and in the same manner as other State and county taxes are collected.  The tax collector shall deposit the money collected from said tax in a separate fund to be known as the County Equalization Fund for the support of the public schools of the county.  He shall have the same authority, and the same laws shall apply in the collection of said tax as in the collection of county ad valorem taxes.  He shall, on or about the tenth of each month, make a report to the county board of school trustees and to the county superintendent of schools, showing all moneys collected by him during the last month by said tax, and shall each month place such funds in the equalization fund.  The county superintendent shall keep a record, both received and paid out, of all money from said fund.  The officers assessing and collecting said equalization tax shall receive therefor the same compensation as is paid for assessing and collecting school taxes in common school districts.
TX Civ Stat § 6 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 6. Bond of Tax Collector

Sec. 6. BOND OF TAX COLLECTOR.  The tax collector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond, with two (2) or more good and sufficient sureties, or surety bond, for the protection of said equalization fund, said bond to be made payable to the county board of school trustees, and to be made in a sum not less than double the amount of money which he may have in his possession of said fund at any time.  The amount of said bond shall be fixed by the county board of school trustees.  The county board shall require a similar bond of any and all other persons or corporations in whose possession such funds may be kept.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 7. Distribution of Taxes Collected

Sec. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF TAXES COLLECTED.  The county board of school trustees shall distribute the money collected from any taxes levied by said district to the common and independent districts of the county on a per capita basis according to the number of scholastic pupils shown by the last preceding official scholastic census, and county line districts shall be eligible to receive such per capita apportionment based upon the number of scholastic pupils residing in the county of such equalization district, as shown by the latest official scholastic census of such district.  The county board of school trustees shall issue warrants against such equalization fund to the school district trustees on a per capita basis of scholastic pupils in each district;  provided that the county board may, from time to time, as the money is collected, issue warrants to the various school districts in proportion to the amount that each is entitled to receive on such per capita basis of scholastic pupils in the respective districts.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 8. Operation and Effect of Act

Sec. 8. OPERATION AND EFFECT OF ACT.  This Act shall not have the effect of changing any duties imposed on or powers conferred on the trustees of any common or independent school districts situated in the counties covered by this Act, unless and except as expressly provided herein, it being the intention of this law that said respective boards of trustees shall continue to administer their lawful duties and powers as now authorized by law, but the equalization tax authorized shall be levied by the county board of school trustees and assessed and collected by the county tax assessor and collector.
TX Civ Stat § 9 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 49 - Education--Public|Chapter 12 - County Unit System|Article 2740g. County Unit School System in Counties Having Large Areas in Reforestation|Section 9. Partial Invalidity, Repeals

Sec. 9. PARTIAL INVALIDITY, REPEALS.  In case any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or void, then, and in that event, it shall not affect any other clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this Act.  All laws, or parts of laws, both general and special, in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.|Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 284, ch. 103.|
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 51 - Eleemosynary Institutions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3183b-1. Eminent Domain by Certain Nonprofit Charitable Corporations|Section 1.

Sec. 1.  Except as provided by this section, and notwithstanding any other law, any nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state for purely charitable purposes and which is directly affiliated or associated with a medical center having a medical school recognized by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association as an integral part of its establishment, and which has for a purpose of its incorporation the provision or support of medical facilities or services for the use and benefit of the public, and which is situated in any county of this state having a population in excess of six hundred thousand (600,000) inhabitants according to the most recent Federal Census shall have the power of eminent domain and condemnation for the purposes set forth in Section 2 and Section 3 of this Act.  A charitable corporation described by this section may not exercise the power of eminent domain and condemnation to acquire a detached, single-family residential property or a multifamily residential property that contains eight or fewer dwelling units.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 51 - Eleemosynary Institutions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3183b-1. Eminent Domain by Certain Nonprofit Charitable Corporations|Section 2. Acquisition of Lands Adjacent to Medical Center for Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Facilities

Sec. 2. ACQUISITION OF LANDS ADJACENT TO MEDICAL CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES.  Any charitable corporation as defined in Section 1 of this Act shall have the power of eminent domain and condemnation for the purpose of acquiring lands adjacent or contiguous (whether or not separated by public thoroughfares) to such medical center upon which are to be constructed, maintained, and operated as a part of the medical center, facilities dedicated to medical care, teaching, and research for the public welfare, including ancillary or service activities generally and customarily recognized as essential to such facilities in a medical center.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 51 - Eleemosynary Institutions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3183b-1. Eminent Domain by Certain Nonprofit Charitable Corporations|Section 3. Acquisition of Lands Adjacent to Medical Center for Purpose of Conveying or Leasing; Use of Lands

Sec. 3. ACQUISITION OF LANDS ADJACENT TO MEDICAL CENTER FOR PURPOSE OF CONVEYING OR LEASING;  USE OF LANDS.  Any charitable corporation as defined in Section 1 of this Act shall have the power of eminent domain and condemnation for the purpose of acquiring lands adjacent or contiguous (whether or not separated by public thoroughfares) to such medical center for the purpose of conveying or leasing such lands in the manner set forth in Section 4 of this Act to any nonprofit corporation, association, foundation or trust for the construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities to be a part of the medical center and dedicated to medical care, teaching, or research for the public welfare, including ancillary or service activities generally and customarily recognized as essential to such facilities in a medical center.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 51 - Eleemosynary Institutions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3183b-1. Eminent Domain by Certain Nonprofit Charitable Corporations|Section 4. Authority and Power to Control Property Acquired; Deeds of Conveyance or Lease

Sec. 4. AUTHORITY AND POWER TO CONTROL PROPERTY ACQUIRED;  DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE OR LEASE.  Any charitable corporation as defined in Section 1 of this Act in the exercise of the power of eminent domain conferred herein shall have full authority and power to control the property acquired for the purposes authorized herein, and shall have the authority to convey such property or to lease the same for a period of ninety-nine (99) years with an option to renew.  Any deed of conveyance or lease as provided in Section 3 of this Act shall set forth the defeasance or conditions under which the property is conveyed or leased and the fact that it is dedicated to medical care, teaching, or research for the public welfare.