HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 586-88 09-29-1988 • ORDINANCE 586
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE TAX ROLL, SETTING A
TAX RATE AT $.35432 PER $100 OF APPRAISED VALUE;
PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AN AD
VALOREM TAX ON PROPERTY SITUATED WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1988, EXCEPT
SUCH PROPERTY AS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS; CONTINUING ALL EXEMPTIONS CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT; ESTABLISHING A DELINQUENT DATE; DECLARING
A FIRST, PRIOR & SUPERIOR LIEN ON REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
1. That there is hereby levied and shall be collected as
provided by law an ad valorem tax for the year 1988, on alb
property, real or personal, except for such property as mad
be exempt from taxation by the Constitution and the Statutes
of the State of Texas, situated within the corporate limits
. of Richland Hills, Texas, on January 1, 1988, and that the
amount to be applied to the value of such property shall b~
$.35432 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
2. That the exemptions from taxation heretofore approved by the
City Council of the City of Richland, Texas, shall remain in
full force a.nd in effect.
3. That the tax so levied and assessed shall be apportioned tp
the accounts and funds in the amount set forth:
GENERAL FUND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MAINTENANCE &
OPERATION $ 867,164
Collection of the Taxes levied shall be deposited to the
credit of the above accounts and funds as they ark
received.
4. That the taxes provided for herein are in accordance with
the appropriate State Statutes.
5. Ad Valorem Taxes levied by this Ordinance shall he due and
• payable October 1, 1988, and shall become delinquent on
the first day of February, 1989. Payment of such taxes is
due in one full installment.
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6. If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1989, such tax will
become delinquent and the penalty and interest will attach
and accrue as provided by the Statutes of the State of
• Texas.
7. Taxes herein levied and uncollected shall be a first and
prior 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 real property.
8. The lien herein shall be attached as of January 1, 1988.
9. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clause
and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if and
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
ordinance shall be declared invalid. or unconstitutional b~
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, sine
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.
10. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by the
Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of
Texas. '
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a special
meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the29th day'..,
of September 1988; by a vote of ayes,
nays and abstentions. '
APPROVED:
W. H. (Bi.ll) Vincent, Jr., Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, Ci y Secretary
• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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