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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1060
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AN
AD VALOREM TAX ON PROPERTY SITUATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, ON THE
FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1983, EXCEPT SUCH PROPERTY AS MAYBE
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATUTES
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A DELINQUENT DATE; AND
SETTING THE RATE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST AND PRESCRIBING
ATTORNEY'S FEES TO BE COLLECTED ON DELINQUENT TAXES;
DECLARING A FIRST AND PRIOR AND SUPERIOR LIEN ON ALL REAL
PERSONAL PROPERTY AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 1983, TO SECURE
PAYMENT; ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
1.
That there is hereby levied and shall be collected as provided by law an
ad valorem tax for the year 1983 on all property, real and personal, except such
property as may be exempt from taxation by the Constitution and the statutes of
the State of Texas, situated within the corporate limits of the City of North
Richland Hills, Texas on January 1, 1983, and that the amount to be applied to the
value of such property shall be $0.50 per $100.00 valuation.
2.
That the tax so levied and assessed shall be apportioned to the following
accounts and funds in the amount set forth:
General Fund:
Debt Service Fund:
$0.28
$0.22
Collections of taxes levied shall be deposited to the credit of each of the above
accounts and funds in their proportionate share of the total levy and after taking
into consideration a three percent (3%) uncollectable factor which is to be accounted
for in the General Fund.
3.
That the taxes provided for herein are in accordance with the appropriate
State statutes.
4.
Ad valorem taxes levied by this Ordinance shall be due and payable on
October 1, 1983, and shall become delinquent on the first day of February, 1984.
Payment of such tax is due in one full installment.
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5.
If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1984, such tax will become
delinquent and penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided by the
Statutes of the State of Texas including Articles 1060a and 7336, V. A. T. C. S.
6.
In the event the taxes become delinquent and in the event such
delinquent taxes are referred to an attorney for collection, an additional amount of
fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount of tax, penalty and interest then due shall
be added as collection costs and 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, 1983.
9.
Should any section provision or clause of this Ordinance be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity
of this Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to
be invalid.
10.
This Ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its
approval and adoption as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of North
Richland Hills, Texas, upon first and final reading, at a regular meeting on the
12th day of Septembpr , 1983.
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