HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 355-10 01-26-2010 RICHLAND HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 355-10
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS RESOLUTION NO. 355-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RICHLAND
HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT IMPOSING A
SALES TAX ON SALES OF GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICES
WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AND A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, CONFIRMING THE
IMPOSITION OF A SALES TAX ON SALES OF GAS AND ELECTRIC
UTILITY SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 363 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes a
municipality that is partially or wholly located in a county with a population of more
than 5,000 to propose the creation of a crime control and prevention district; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills has so created the Richland Hills Crime
Control and Prevention District; and
WHEREAS, Section 363.1055 of the Texas Local Government Code was
recently amended by the passage of Senate Bill No. 575 to permit crime control and
preventlon districts to impose a tax on receipts from the sale, production, distribution,
lease, or rental of, and the use, storage, or other consumption within the district's
boundaries of, gas and electricity for residential use, and establishes procedures for
doing so;
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Richland Hills
Crime Control and Prevention District held a public hearing on the issue of whether the
District should impose such a tax, and considered whether to authorized the imposition
of such a tax at a rate equal to the tax rate adopted by the District on all other sales of
taxable items by majority vote following a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, also on January 26, 2010, the City Council considered whether to
confirm and ratify the Order of the Board of Directors of the Richland Hills Crime
Control and Prevention District authorizing the imposition of such a tax at a rate equal
to the tax rate adopted by the District on all other sales of taxable items by majority
vote following a public hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE RICHLAND HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISTRICT AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
Following a public hearing held on January 26, 2010, by unanimous vote, the
Board of Directors of the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District hereby
orders the imposition of a tax on receipts from the sale, production, distribution, lease,
or rental of, and the use, storage, or other consumption within the district's boundaries
of, gas and electricity for residential use, such tax to be at the rate equal to the tax rate
adopted by the District on all other sales of taxable items.
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SECTION 2.
The City Council hereby unanimously confirms and ratifies the Order of the
Board of Directors of the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District
authorizing the imposition of such a tax at a rate equal to the tax rate adopted by the
District on all other sales of taxable items.
SECTION 3.
This resolution and order shall be effective immediately upon adoption,
publication and any other steps required by law to effectuate this resolution and order.
Adopted and Ordered by the Temporary Board of Directors of the City of Richland Hills
Crime Control and Prevention District at a joint meeting of the Richland Hills City Council and the
Temporary Board of Directors ofthe City of Richland >=Tills Crime Control and Prevention District
on the 1S` day of September 2005.
26th January,
PASSED AND APPROVED this _ ~a'ybf 2010:
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Secretary of the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District
26th January,
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