HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 970-03 09-09-2003 ORDINANCE NO. 970-03
• 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 2003, be and is hereby approved and adopted.
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 $.428441 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 $.388374.
b. For interest and sinking fund per One Hundred Dollar valuation
$.040067.
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III.
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Taxes levied under this ordinance shall be due October 1, 2003, and if not
paid on or before February 1, 2004, shall become delinquent. Payment of taxes is
due in one full installment. If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 2004 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, 2004, 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.
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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, 2004.
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.
VIII.
Effective Date. 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, GNEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular
meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 9th day of September, 2003, by
a vote of ayes, ~ nays, and ~ abstentions.
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Terri Willis, City Secretary
APPROVE TO FORM:
Tim Sralla, City Attorney
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