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October 26, 1966
Honorable G. Dixon Mahon Opinion No. C-775
District Attorney
County Courthouse Re: Questions relative to the
Ozona, Texas use of the same assessment
blanks, tax rolls, statements
and receipts for both an
independent school district
and the county or city, when
the county or city assess and
collects the taxes for the
Dear Mr. Mahon: school district.
You have requested the opinion of this office in regard
to the captioned matter. I quote from your letter making
the request as follows:
"Prior to the amendment of Article 2792,
(Vernon's Civil Statutes ree Acts 59th Leg.
R.S. 1965, p. 1579, ch. 6857) 4 . . could,
and subsequent to such amendment may, a county
or city tax assessor, in assessing and collect-
ing taxes for an independent school district at
assessed values greater than the values asses-
sed for city, county and state purposes, law-
fully assess and collect the district taxes
by using separate columns or separate portions
of the same sheets of paper which are used
for the city or county assessment blanks, tax
rolls, statements and receipts, or was it
mandatory prior to such amendment, and is it
now mandatory, that completely physically
separate assessment blanks, tax rolls, state-
ments and receipts be used for such district
taxes?"
We quote from the applicable statute, Article 2792,
Vernon's Civil Statutes, as follows:
"When a majority of the Board of Trustees
of an independent district prefer to have the-3717-
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