HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 0998-04 09-28-2004 ORDINANCE N0.998-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS,
INCREASING THE CITY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR
RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNERS 65 YEARS OF AGE
OR OLDER; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills is a home rule city acting under its Charter adopted
by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the
Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.03 of the City's Charter provides that the city council may adopt
ordinances providing for tax exemptions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the current exemption for residential
homestead property owners 65 years of age or older of $20,000.00 is insufficient; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable to adopt an ordinance increasing the
exemption;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 78-81 OF THE CITY CODE TO INCREASE
OVER-65 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO $30,000.00
Section 78-81 of Article III, Division 2, of Chapter 78 of the Richland Hills City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 78-81. Elderly homestead tax exemption.
From and after January 1, 2004, $30,000.00 of the assessed value of residence
homesteads, as defined bylaw, of persons who have attained the age of 65 years on
or before January 1 of the year for which the exemption is claimed shall be exempt
from city ad valorem taxes.
SECTION 2.
PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event the
conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
PROVISIONS SEVERABLE
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections ofthis ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of arty
such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 28th DAY OF September , 2004.
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EFFECTIVE:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
TIM G. SRALLA, CITY ATTORNE
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