HomeMy WebLinkAbout1178 DENIEDORDINANCE NO. 1178
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS, EXEMPTING FROM AD VALOREM TAXES RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES AND USED TO PROVIDE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR THE INDIGENT UNDER A PROGRAM
OPERATED OR DIRECTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 11.111 of the Texas Property Tax Code permits a city to exempt
from ad valorem taxes property owned by the United States or an agency of the United
States and used to provide transitional housing for the indigent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, desires to exempt from ad
valorem taxation certain qualified property pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.111
of the Texas Property Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS,TEXAS:
There is hereby exempted from ad valorem taxes residential property owned by the
United States or an agency of the United States and used to provide transitional housing
for the indigent under a program operated or directed by the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development which properties are identified on Exhibit "A"
attached hereto and shall apply only to ad valorem taxes levied for 1995. This exemption
is established pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.111 of the Texas Property Tax
Code or any successor statute. The total exemption granted for all houses shall not
exceed two thousand dollars for any one tax year.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance
are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State
of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the 13th day of June, 1995, at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of
ayes, nays, and abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Crim, CMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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