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.