HomeMy WebLinkAbout648 11-11-1980ORDINANCE NO. 648
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE TAX
ROLLS OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS;-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, 1980, EXCEPT SUCH PROPERTY AS MAY
BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;
ESTABLISHING A DELINQUENT DATE; AND SETTING
THE RATE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST AND PRESCRIBING
ATTORNEY'S FEES TO BE COLLECTED ON DELINQUENT
TAXES, DECLARING A FIRST, PRIOR AND SUPERIOR
LIEN ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AS OF
JANUARY 1ST, 1980, 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 MADE; 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 certi-
fied by the Board of Equalization and the Tax Assessor - Collector,
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 1980 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, situated within the corporate limits of
the City of Euless, Texas, on January 1, 1980, and that amount
to be applied to the value of such property shall be Seventy
Cents ($.70) 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 $.54
Debt Service .16
Total Levy $.70
Collections of the taxes levied shall be deposited to the
credit of each of the above accounts and funds in their pro-
portionate share of the total levy.
IV.
That the taxes provided for herein are in accordance with
appropriate State Statutes.
V.
Ad Valorem Taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and
payable on October 1, 1980, and shall become delinquent on the
first day of February, 1981.
VI.
If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1981, 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 (100) 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 surperior lien against the property, and the said lien shall
be superior and prior to all other liens, charges and encum-
brances, and such lien shall attach to personal property with
the same priority as to real property.
IX.
The lien provided herein shall be attached as of
January 1, 1980.
X.
The adoption of the budget for
the setting of the tax rate on Augu
the tax statements on September 15,
of taxes heretofore made based upon
get and tax rate(s) be and they are
and confirmed.
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Fiscal Year 1980 -1981, and
st 9, 1980, the mailing of
1980, and the collections
such tax roll, values, bud -
hereby ratified, approved,
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 the first and final reading at a regular
scheduled meeting on the 11th day of November, 1980, by a
vote of 4 ayes and 0 nays, which meeting was duly
and legally called and open to the public as provided by law.
ATTEST:
City Secretary /
APPROVED-:
ty qtorleyl
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Mayor