Tex. Education Code § 13.157
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 13.157, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 13.157. DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Official statutory text
(a) A consolidated school district may be dissolved by the same procedure provided for consolidation, except that it is not necessary to provide polling places in each of the former districts.
(b) If the district is dissolved, each of the former districts is restored as a separate district and classified as an independent school district.
(c) Title to property of the consolidated district that is allocated to each of the restored districts under Section 13.004 vests in the restored districts, and each of the restored districts assumes and is liable for the indebtedness of the consolidated district as allocated under that section.
(b) If the district is dissolved, each of the former districts is restored as a separate district and classified as an independent school district.
(c) Title to property of the consolidated district that is allocated to each of the restored districts under Section 13.004 vests in the restored districts, and each of the restored districts assumes and is liable for the indebtedness of the consolidated district as allocated under that section.
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