HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 736-94 09-27-1994 ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 6- 9 4
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPRAISAL ROLL;
LEVYING AND ASSESSING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR
THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR APPORTIONING EACH LEVY
FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR A TAX DUE
AND DELINQUENT DATE; PROVIDING FOR THE
CONTINUANCE OF EXEMPTIONS; CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT; DECLARING A FIRST PRIOR AND 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 THAT:
I.
The ad valorem tax appraisal roll and effective tax rate information as presented by the
Tarrant County Tax Assessor to the City Council for the tax year 1994, be and is hereby
approved and adopted.
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II.
There is hereby levied and shall be collected for the use and support of the municipal
government of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, a total ad valorem tax of $.40609 per One
Hundred Dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property situated within the corporate
limits of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, except for such property as may be exempt from
taxation by the Constitution, statutes of the State of Texas or by city ordinances, which tax levy
is apportioned as follows:
a. For use in the general fund for general municipal purposes, including but not
limited to, maintenance and operations, per One Hundred Dollar valuation
...$.338283.
b. For interest and sinking fund per One Hundred Dollar valuation...$.067807.
III.
Taxes levied under this ordinance shall be due October 1, 1994, and if not paid on or
before February 1, 1995, shall become delinquent. Payment of taxes is due in one full
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• installment. If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1995, such tax will become delinquent and the
penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided by the statutes of the State of Texas.
IV.
All taxes shall become as of January 1, 1995, a first, prior and superior lien upon the
property against which assessed, and the tax assessor and collector of the City of Richland Hills
is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the collection of such taxes according to the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of Richland Hills and
shall, by virtue of the tax rolls, fix and establish a lien by levying upon such property, whether
real or personal, for the payment of said taxes, penalty and interest, and, the interest and penalty
collected from such delinquent taxes shall be apportioned to the General Fund of the City of
Richland Hills. All delinquent taxes shall bear interest from date of delinquency at the rate as
prescribed by state law.
V.
The exemptions from taxation heretofore approved by the City Council of the City of
Richland Hills, Texas, shall remain in full force and effect.
• VI.
In addition to the taxes and penalty and interest assessed and levied herein, there is also
assessed and levied a 15 percent collection fee on all taxes, penalty and interest that become
delinquent and remain unpaid on July 1, 1995.
VII.
Severability Clause. That 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.
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VIII.
• Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its assa e
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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 regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 27th day of September, 1994, by a vote of ~ ayes, ~
nays, and ~ abstentions.
APPROVED:
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C.F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
• Terri Will' ,City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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