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ORDINANCE NO. 2509
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX RATE FOR THE
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS FOR
THE 1999 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 $100 valuation for this City for tax year 2000 as
follows:
$ .331641 for the purposes of maintenance and operations.
$ .238359 for the payment of principal and interest on debt
of this City.
$ .570000 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 the 11th day of
September 2000.
1.
That there is hereby levied and shall be collected as provided by
law, an Ad Valorem tax for the year 2000 on all property, real and personal,
except such property as may be exempt from taxation by Constitutions in 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, 2000, and that the amount to be applied to
the value of such property shall be 57¢ per $100 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 $5,501,000 is deposited
from the 2000 Ad Valorem tax levy.
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, 2000, and shall become delinquent on the first day of
February 2001. Payment of such tax is due as provided by the Texas Property
Tax Code.
5.
If the tax is unpaid after February 1, 2001, such tax will become
delinquent and penalty and interest will attach and accrue as provided by the
Statutes of the Texas Property Tax Code Sec. 33.01.
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 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, 2000.
9.
Should any section, provision or clause of the Ordinance be
declared by a court of competent 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 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 11th
day of September 2000.
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ATTEST:
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Patricia Hutson - City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Karen Bostic, Director of Budget & Research