Tex. Educ. Code Section 13.052
Dormant School Districts

(a)

If the commissioner determines that a school district has failed to operate a school for a full school year, the commissioner shall report to each appropriate commissioners court that the district is dormant.

(b)

The commissioners court of a county shall by order annex each dormant school district within the county with an adjoining district or districts. If the dormant district is a county-line district, the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located shall annex the territory of the dormant district that is within that county. The commissioners court may annex territory to a school district only if the board of trustees of that district approves the annexation.

(c)

The governing board of the district to which a dormant school district is annexed is the governing board for the new district.

(d)

The order of the commissioners court shall define by legal boundary description the territory of the new district as enlarged and shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.

(e)

Title to the real property of the dormant district vests in the district to which the property is annexed. Each district to which territory is annexed assumes and is liable for any portion of the dormant district’s indebtedness that is allocated to the receiving district under Section 13.004 (Allocation of Indebtedness and Personal Property).

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Source: Section 13.052 — Dormant School Districts, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm#13.052 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

13.001
Definition 13.002
Permitted Frequency of Proposed Actions 13.003
Petition and Election 13.004
Allocation of Indebtedness and Personal Property 13.005
Effective Date of Transfer 13.006
Taxing Authority Transfer 13.008
District Trustee Approval of Boundary Changes Required 13.009
Appeals 13.010
Boundary Descriptions and Maps to Be Filed with Agency 13.051
Detachment and Annexation of Territory 13.052
Dormant School Districts 13.053
Territory Not in School District 13.054
Academically Unacceptable School Districts 13.101
Creation of District by Detaching Territory from Existing District 13.102
Minimum Area and Attendance Requirements 13.103
Initiation of Detachment 13.104
Election 13.105
Creation of District 13.151
Districts that May Consolidate 13.152
Resolution or Petition 13.153
Election Order 13.154
Canvass 13.155
Status 13.156
Title to Property 13.157
Dissolution of Consolidated School District 13.158
Local Consolidation Agreement 13.159
Public Inspection and Hearing 13.201
Eligibility 13.202
Petition 13.203
Election 13.204
Order Abolishing District 13.205
Disposition of Territory 13.231
Minor Boundary Adjustments by Agreement 13.281
Incentive Aid 13.282
Amount 13.283
Payments Reduced 13.284
Conditions for Payment 13.285
Cost 13.1521
Receipt or Consideration of Petition Requesting Detachment and Annexation After Adoption of Consolidation Resolutions

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 13.052’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 13.052 — Dormant School Districts, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm#13.052 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).