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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 1630 ORDINANCE NO. 1630 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS FOR THE 1989 TAX YEAR BE IT ORDAINED AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS THAT: We, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills do hereby levy or adopt the tax rate on $IOO valuation for this City for tax year 1988 as follows: $ .24604 for the purposes of maintenance and operation. $ .25889 for the payment of principal and interest on debt of this City. $ .50493 total tax rate. The tax assessor-collector is hereby authorized to assess and collect the taxes of the City of North Richland Hills on this 25th day of September, 1989. 1. That there is hereby levied and shall be collected as provided by law, an Ad Valorem tax for the year 1989 on all property, real and personal, except such property as may be exempt from taxation by Constitution and the statutes of the State of Texas, and ordinances and resolutions of the City of North Richland Hills, situated within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, on January 1, 1989, and that the amount to be applied to the value of such property shall be 50.493¢ per $100.00 valuation. 2. That the tax so levied and assessed shall be apportioned to the accounts and funds in the amount as set forth above. The amounts collected for payment of principal and interest on debt of the City shall be deposited into an interest and sinking fund for that purpose until a total of $3,653,252 is deposited from the 1989 Ad Valorem tax levy. A three percent (3%) uncollectible factor is imputed. 3. That the taxes provided for herein are in accordance with the appropriate State statues. 4. Ad Valorem taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and payable on October I, 1989, and shall becaœ delinquent on the first day of February, 1990. Payment of such tax is due in one full installment. 5. If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1990, such tax will becaœ delinquent and penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided by the Statures of the Texas Property Tax Code Sec. 33.01. ORDINANCE NO. 1630 Page '!\ox) 6. In the event the taxes becane delinquent and in the event such delinquent taxes are referred to an attorney for collection, an addi tional amount of fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount of tax, penalty and interest then due shall be added as collection costs to be paid by the taxpayer. 7. Taxes herein levied and uncollected shall be a first prior and superior lien against the property, and the said lien shall be superior liens charges, and encumbrances, and such lien shall attach to personal property with the same priority as to real property. 8. The lien provided herein shall be attached as of January 1, 1989. 9. Should any section, provision or clause of the Ordinance be declared by a court of canpetent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. 10. The Ordinance shall become effective fran and after the date of its approval and adoption as provided by law. PASSED AND APPROVED by the Ci ty Council of the Ci ty of North Richland Hills, Texas, upon first and final reading, at a regular meeting on the 25th day of September, 1989. ATTEST: '- j ~~" Tonmy Brown - Mal r O~fl~/~ ¡¿,~-'~~~) ~~tte Rewis - City Secret APPROVED AS TO FORM ITY: .0j¿ 'ØAttorney _ J I NOTICE OF VOTE ON TAX RATE The City of North Richland Hills con- ducted a public hearing on a proposal to increase your property taxes by 14.58 percent on September 18, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. A public meeting to vote on the tax rate will be held on September 25, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 7301 N.E. Loop 820, No~th Richland Hills, Texas. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE The City of North Richland Hills will hold a public hearing on a pro- posal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in 1988 by 14.58 percent. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The public hearing will be held on September 18, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. FOR the proposal: Mayor Pro Tem Davis Councilwoman Spurlock Councilman Garvin Councilman Sibbet Councilman Metts AGAINST the proposal: Councilman Welch Councilman Scoma PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None The statement 'above shows the percentage increase the proposed rate represents over the $0.44068 tax rate that the unit published on August 20, 1989. The following table compares taxes on an average home in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average home this year. Again, your individual taxes may be higher or lower, depending on the taxable value of your property. Average home value General exemptions available (amount avàilable on the average home, not including senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions) 13,430 13,609 Average taxable value 56,310 56,903 Tax rate 0.4398 0.50493 Tax 247.65 287.32 Under this proposal taxes on the average home would increase by $39.67 or 16.02 percent compared with last year's taxes. Comparing' tax rates without adjusting for changes in property value, the tax rate would increase by$0.06513 per $100 of taxable value or 14.809 percent compared to last year's tax rate. These tax rate figures are not adjusted for changes in the taxable value of property. LAST YEAR 69,740 THIS YEAR 70,512 '\ -- -'---------.....--- I LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally ap- peared Vir gin i a Ran kin known to me to be a credible person, who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: That she is the C AM of the Mid r. i tip ~ N p w ~ ,a newspa- per which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulation in the City/Town ofN.Richland Hills,TJfor a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Le~al and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date(s). / / 9 7 [. 9 10 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as published on said date(s) in said Np.~~p):per h--7r-fi'~~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 13TH day of SEP;r. /-1d~ 19..ß..L. N ~ ~~,; ,1 . I!U~' / , .I ., _ (I / I \'~J / /1;; }7¿¿lU-CLé' ~." :1 Notary Public, County, Texas A TT ACB LEGAL COPY HERE LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally ap- peared Vir gin i a Ran kin known to me to be a credible person, who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: That she is the C AM of the Mid r. i tip 1': N p W 1': , a newspa- per which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulation in the City!Town ofN. R i c h 1 and Hill s . pror a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Le2al and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date(s). 9/2 I & 9/24 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as published on said date(s) in said Sworn to and subscribed before of S E P ~ . 19JLL. ~- .f !)i7/ "I 7 f, £~ jj~~l' Yf~ilte1t . Notary Public, County, Texa. ATTACH LEGAL COPY HERE l