Texas Education Code - Section 13.205. Disposition Of Territory; Affairs Of Abolished District
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§ 13.205. DISPOSITION OF TERRITORY; AFFAIRS OF ABOLISHED
DISTRICT. (a) The property and affairs of the abolished district
are governed by this section unless otherwise controlled by the
manner in which the district was abolished.
(b) Each commissioners court shall annex the territory of
the abolished independent school district in its county to one or
more contiguous districts in the county. The commissioners court
may annex territory to a school district only if the board of
trustees of that district approves the annexation.
(c) Title to the real property of the abolished district
vests in the district to which the property is annexed.
(d) If at the time of its abolition the independent school
district does not have outstanding indebtedness, all uncollected
taxes on the property of the district for the years up to and
including the last day of January of the year immediately following
the year in which the independent school district is abolished
shall be levied and collected, at the same rate and in the same
manner as authorized for the independent school district
immediately before its abolition, by the school district to which
the territory containing the property on which taxes are due is
annexed.
(e) Each school district to which territory from the
abolished district is annexed assumes and is liable for the
indebtedness of the abolished district that is allocated to the
district under Section 13.004.
(f) A creditor of an abolished independent school district
must file the creditor's claim against the district with the
commissioners court not later than the 60th day after the effective
date on which the independent school district is abolished and, if
the claim is not allowed, may maintain suit against the abolished
independent school district as such. Suit must be brought not later
than the first anniversary of the date on which the claim is
disallowed. Process in a suit, if necessary, may be served on the
county judge of each county in which the district was located. The
county commissioners court shall defend any suit against an
abolished independent school district but may settle the litigation
as the commissioners court considers advisable. This section does
not waive any defense available to the abolished district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 13.157 13.158 13.159 13.201 13.202 13.203 13.204 13.205 13.231 13.281 13.282 13.283 13.284 13.285 18.001
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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