HomeMy WebLinkAbout512 10-05-1976ORDINANCE NO. 512
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE TAX ROLLS
OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AN AD VALOREM.
TAX ON PROPERTY SITUATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF EULESS, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1976,
EXCEPT SUCH PROPERTY AS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
AND EXCEPT THOSE PROPERTIES AND ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO A
RESTRAINING ORDER; ESTABLISHING A DELINQUENT DATE; AND
SETTING THE RATE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST AND PRESCRIBING
ATTORNEYS' FEES TO BE COLLECTED ON DELINQUENT TAXES;
DECLARING A FIRST, PRIOR AND SUPERIOR LIEN ON ALL REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 1976, TO SECURE
PAYMENT; RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE ADOPTION
OF THE BUDGET, THE SETTING OF THE TAX RATE, AND THE
MAILING OF TAX STATEMENTS AND THE COLLECTIONS HERETOFORE
BADE; ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS:
I.
That the tax rolls of the City of Euless, Texas, as certified
by the Board of Equalization and the Tax Assessor- Collector, with
the exception of those properties and accounts which are subject to
a Restraining Order issued in Cause No. 153 - 40185 -76; styled "Meier
International Study League, Inc., et al vs. Richard G. Parks, et al ",
and being generally the properties and accounts of Meier International
Study League, Inc., Herman J. Smith, and Joe A. Humphrey, be and they
are hereby accepted and approved.
II.
That there is hereby levied and shall be collected as provided
by law an ad valorem tax for the year 1976 on all property, real or
personal, except such property as may be exempt from taxation by the
Constitution and the Statutes of the State of Texas, and except those
properties subject to restraining order and described in the next
preceding paragraph, situated within the corporate limits of the City
of Euless, Texas on January 1, 1976, and that amount to be applied to
the value of such property shall be Ninety -Four Cents ($.94) per each
one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation.
III.
That the tax so levied and assessed shall be apportioned to the
following accounts and funds in the amounts set forth:
Maintenance & Operations $ .72
Debt Service
Total Levy
.22
$ .94
Collections of the taxes levied shall be deposited to the
credit of each of the above accounts and funds in their proportionate
share of the total levy.
IV.
That the taxes provided for herein are in accordance with appro-
priate State Statutes.
V.
Ad 'Valorem Taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and
payable on October 1, 1976, and shall become delinquent on the first
day of February, 1977. Payment of such tax is due in one full install-
ment.
VI.
if the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1976, such tax will become
delinquent and penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided
by the Euless City Charter and the Statutes of the State of Texas,
including Articles 1060a and 7336, V.A.T.C.S.
VII.
In the event the taxes become delinquent and in the event such
delinquent taxes are referred to an attorney for collection, an
additional amount of ten per cent (10 %) of the total amount of tax,
penalty and interest then due shall be added as collection costs and
paid by the taxpayer.
VIII.
Taxes herein levied and uncollected shall be a first, prior,
and superior lien against the property, and the said lien shall be
superior and prior to all other liens, charges and encumbrances, and
such lien shall attach to personal property with the same priority
as to real property.
1976.
IX.
The lien provided herein shall be attached as of January 1,
F.0
The adoption of the budget for Fiscal Year 1976 -1977, and the
setting of the tax rate on August 24, 1976, the mailing of the tax
statements on September 24, and September 27, 1976, and the collections
of taxes heretofore made based upon such tax roll, values, budget and
tax rateCsj be and they are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
XI.
Should any section, provision or clause of this Ordinance be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same
shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any
part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.
XII.
This Ordinance shall become effective from and after the date
of its approval and adoption as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Euless,
Texas upon first and final reading at a special meeting on the
5th day of October, 1976, by a vote of 4 AYES and
d NOES, which meeting was duly and legally called and
open to the public as provided by law.
ATTEST:
1
Secretary
APPROVED:
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