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ORDINANCE NO. 920
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
1ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1981, EXCEPT SUCH PROPERrY AS MAY BE
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
ATTORNEYS' FEES TO BE COLLECTED ON DELINQUENT TAXES; DE-
CLARING A FIRST AND PRIOR AND SUPERIOR LIEN ON ALL REAL
PERSONAL PROPERTY AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 1981, TO SECURE PAY-
MENT; ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 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 1981 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, 1981, and that the amount to be applied to
the value of such property shall be $0.69 per $100.00 evaluation.
2. That the tax so levied and assessed shall be apportioned to the
following accounts and funds in the amount set forth.
General Fund
$2,225,765.49
General Obligation Bond,
Interest and Sinking and
C. 1. P. Funds
$1,042,316.60
Collections of taxes levied shall be deposited to the credit
accounts and funds in their proportionate share of the total
into consideration a three percent (3%) uncollectible factor
counted for in the General Fund.
of each of the above
levy and after taking
which is to be ac-
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, 1981, and shall become delinquent on the first day of February,
1982. Payment of such tax is due in one full installment.
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5. If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 1982, 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 ten percent (10%) 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 and
prior to all other 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, 1981.
9. Should any section, provision or clause of this Ordinance be de-
clared 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.
Hills,
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of North Richland
Texas, upon first and final reading, at a regular meeting on the 14th
September, 1981.
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DlCk Faram - Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jette Moore -
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City Secretary
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