Ex parte Southland Independent School District

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

REYNOLDS, Justice.

The Southland Independent School District maintenance tax and general obligation bond election was held on April 28, 1973. Subsequently, on March 25, 1974, a three-judge federal court held Sections 3 and 3-a of Article VI of the Texas Constitution and Articles 5.03, 5.04 and 5.07 of the Texas Election Code to be “unconstitutional insofar as they condition the right to vote in bond elections on citizens’ rendering property for taxation.” Stone v. Stovall, 377 F.Supp. 1016 (N.D.Texas 1974).1

In their first amended motion for rehearing, appellants observe…