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ORDINANCE NO. 171
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION FOR THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXASr PROVIDING FOR
THE QUALIFICATION OF THE MEMBERS AND
THE METHOD OF SELECTING A CHAIRMAN
AND SECRETARY, DEFINING A QUORUMr
-AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE COMPEN-
SATION TO BE PAID THE MEMBERSr FOR THE
PROVIDING FOR THE MEETING DATE OF SAID
BOARDr FURTHER DEFINING THE DUTIES OF
SAID BOARD AND THE NOTICES TO BE GIVEN
TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERSr PROVID-
ING FOR A SAVING CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHER~AS, pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City
of North Richland Hills, County of Tarrant, State of Texas, the
City Council of said city deems it advisablè to establish a
BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONr
NOW, THEREFORE¡ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, COUNTY OF TARRANT, TEXAS:
SECTION I
MEMBERSHIP: The original Board of Equalization is
hereby appointed and shall be composed of three members, each
of whom shall be a qualified voter and real property owner in
the City of North Richland H.ills, Tarrant County, Texas, none
of whom shall be members of the C.ity Council.
SECTION II
CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY: The Board of Equalization
shall~choose from its membership a chariman and a secretary,
ne.ither of whom shall be the Assessor-Collector of Taxes for
said city.
SECTION III
QUORUM: A majority of the members of said Board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
SECTION IV
COMPENSATION TO MEMBERS: The amount of compensation
to be pa.id the members of said Board shall be determined by the
City Council from t.ime to time.
SECTION V
BOARD MEETING DATES: The first meet.ing of said
Board of Equalization shall be held on the first day of
September, 1967 at 7:00 P.M., and the regular Annual Meeting
shall be the second Monday in May of each year. After the
first meeting, the Board may reconvene and adjourn from time
to time, as long thereafter as may be necessary to transact
the business under the jurisdiction of said Board, provided
that said Board shall be finally adjourned by the last day
of the month in which the meeting was specially or regularly
called.
SECTION VI
NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS: Whenever
the Board of Equalization f.inds it their duty to raise the
value of any property appearing on the tax list or tax records
of said City, it shall, after having examined such lists and
records and corrected all errors therein, adjourn to a day not
less than ten däys nor more than fifteen days from the date
of adjournment, and shall cause the secretary of sàid Board
to g.ive written notice to the owner or owners of such property
or all others claim.ing any interest therein, which may reasonably
be determined from official records, or to the person rendering
same at the time the said Board adjourned, and that such owners,
interested person or persons rendering said property may at
the t.ime of sa.id hear.ing appear and show cause why the value
of sá~d property should not be raised.
SECTION VII
NOTICE: Notice shall be sufficient if made by deposit-
ing sa.id notice, properly addressed and posted, in the United
States Mail.
SECTION VIII
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POWERS AND DUTIES: It shall be the duty of such
Board to examine and, .if necessary, revise the assessments as
returned by the City Assessor-Collector, to the end that all
property within the City shall be assessed as fairly and as
uniformly as possible. The Board of Equalization shall also
have the power to: (I) Rev.iew on complaint of property owners
assessments for the purpose of taxation of both real and per-
sonal property within the City made by the City Assessor-
Collector1 (2) Administer oaths1 (3) Take testimonYT (4) Hold
hear.ings1 (5) Adopt regulations regarding the procedure of
assessment rev.iewT (6) Compel the production of all books,
documents, and other papers pertinent to the investigation
of the taxable values of any person, firm or corporation
having or own.ing property with.in the corporate limits of the
City subject to taxation.
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SECTION IX
RECORDS AND ROLLS: The Board shall be requ.ired to
keep an accurate record of all its proceedings, which shall
be available for public inspection. Immediately upon comple-
tion of its work, the Board shall certify its approval of the
assessment rolls, whlãh shall be returned to the City Council,
which shall thereupon approve the said rolls as returned to it
and thereupon adopt the same as the assessment rolls to be
used for the collect.ion of taxes for the current year.
SECTION X
SAVING CLAUSE: It is the intent.ion of the City
Counc.il that each separàte provision of this Ordinance shall
be deemed independent of all other provisions herein, and
it is further the intent.ion of the City Council that if any
provision of this ordinance is declared invalid, all other
provisions thereof shall remain valid and enforceableo
SECTION XI
EFFECTIVE DATES: This Ordinance shall become effective
and valid on the 14th day of Auqust , 1967.
APPROVED:
/2¡ h~ ';) Y.,M-.. ~/
MayO~~y of North ~~IIS, Texas
ATTEST:
~ecr
of North Richland Hills, Texas
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LEGAL AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally
appea~eciB:!l eanor Lewisknown to me to be a credible person, who
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News
That she is the of the , a newspaper
which has been regularly and continuously published and of general
circulatiO'tI-ln the City/Town of
Hurst
, for a period of
more than one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached l""e:~' Nt'\T; f'A
and that he caused said notice to be
published in said newspaper on the following date/so
8/20/67
That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub-
lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Daily News
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this theJ..a,t.day of!=1.Ari-~
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County ,
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ORDINANCE NO. 171
AN 0 RD I NAN C E ES-
TABLISHING A BOARD OF
EQUALIZATiON FOR THE
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS; PJ:tOVIDING
FOR',t'HE QUALIFICATION
OF THE MEMBERS AND
THE. METHOPOfi' SELECT-
ING A CHAIRMXN AND
SECRETARY; DEFINING A
QQ'ORUM; ANI)' FURTHER
:PROVIDING FOR THE COM-
PEN~ATIOJll .TOBE PAID
THE.MEMaERS; FOR THE
PROYIDING FOR THE
M$E'1'ING .DATE OF SAID
BOARD. FURTHER'DEFIN-
ING THE DUTIES OF SAID
BOARD AND THE NOTICES
TO BE GIV~> ?-'Q'THE AF-
FECTED PROP&RTY OWN·
ERS;" PRO\{JPING FOR A'
SAVING CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
wm¡;ttE~, pursuant to . the
provisions .of}~;~r of
'.U1e. City of North Ricbland
,1tiJ1s,po~)'.of Tarrant, State
of Texas, too City CO~cl1 'of
said city deems it advisable to
est ab lish a BOARD OF
EQUALIZATI()N;
NOW, THE~FORE, BE IT
ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF>THE CITY OF
NORTH RlCHLAND }tILLS,
COUNTY OF TARRANT,
TEXAS:
SECTION I
MEMBERsHIP:'1'he origi-
nal Board of . Equalization is
hereby .a~inted and shall be
composed oftl1ree'lnembers,
eachof,who~ 3baJI~fl quali-
fied voter and ~þtoperty
owner in . tile··· City of North
Richla11d HUIIJ,Tart:~ COun-
ty, Texas, none of whom shall
be members of the City COun-
cil.
SECTION' n
CHAIRMANANDSECRE-
TARY: The 8of.1rdof Equali-
zation shall êhoOSe" from it$
membership' .'. chairman 1UI(i.......
a ·secretary, neither. of w~' .
$hallbethe~- COllec-
tor of Taxes foI"~~ty.
sgCTIONIU
QUORtJl4:Amâjori~y of
the me~ ,or,said Board '
shall , eotUItltUté a c:m9I'UtI)Jor
the tr~OIl ()t~.
.·SEØTI()l'.fN', .,
OOli:PENSATlON . TO
MEMjJEaS: ..... The~\mt .01
compensation to bepaidtbe
mem~l'$Qf ~dBc>ardsball'
~ determined by tbe City
eooncllfrop1 time to time.
SECTION V
BOARD MEETING
DATES: The first ineetitlg of
sf.1Íd Boa r d of Equelization'
shall be AeId on the first day
of September, 1967 at 7:00
P.M., and the regular AMual
Meeting shall be the. second
Monday in May of each year,
After the,J,1rst meeting, ..the ..'
Boàrd ~. reconvene and ad-
journ .trom time to time, as
long thereafter as Mf.iy bene-
cessary . to transact '. tllebusi-
ness under' the jurisQlction of
said Board, provided that said
BOard . ,shall be . finallY ad-
journed by the last day of the
month in . which the,'~~ing
was specially or regularly
called.
SECTION VI
NOTIFICATION 0 F AF-
FECTED PROPERTY OWN-
ERS: Whenever the Board of
Equalization fin d s . it their
duty to rf.1Íse the value of any
property appearmg on the tax
li~t or tax recordS of said
City, it shaÌl, after having ex-
amined such lists and recordS
and corrected all errors there-
in, adjourn to a day not less
than ten days nor more than
fifteen days from. tile d!1te. of
adjournment. and shall· ca\1Se
the secretary of said . BOard to
give written notice to thè own-
er or owners of such property
or all. oth~rs. çlaiming any in-
terest therein, which may rea-
sonably· be determined . from
official records, or to. the . per-
son rendering' same . at the
time the said Board adjourned
and that such owners, Inter-
estedperson or persons ren-
dering saId property ~y at
the time of said hearing ap-
pear and show cause why the
value (1f saId property shOuld
not be raised.
SECTION VII
NOTICE: NotIce shall be
suffIcient if made by deposit-
,Þ\¡Sflid notice, properly ad-
dt$lSed and posted, in the
'United states Mail. .
. . SECTION vm
POWERS AND PUfIE~:lt·.
shall be the duty' of,'~Çþ
Board to exami~and,'¡t~
cessary,. revise'.tþe.. "aIJSe$S-'
q¡.entS as ret~.by the City
~ssor. - COllee~r, . to . ~he
èJ1dthat all property Within
the City sbaJI be assessed as
faúrly .. ~d as.. uniformlY as
~.ble.The BOard of ~i-
~ &t ion' shall alsO have . the
power to: (1) Review 01) com-
plaint of property ownmas-
~lJSmentS for the purpose of
taXá~·f·~Þ
sonai·.~··
made by~CitYNJ~t-
COllti!ctor; .>(3). ,A~r
Oflths; (3) fJ,~testitµony;
(4) HOlcJ., he~;(5).~pt
re¡uIati~ tegal'ding ..... ..' tn ,~.'. ""
pr<I(:edure '. ~.ssment .re..
vie"';'.(i) Córtt~ theprOdUC-
ttónof alJ, bOOkS,documentS
and~,'~perS pertinent to
ti1t! .' in~tioil of the. tax-
able v ' of ..any person,
, firm or co . .... . n having or
. owning property i within the
corporate limits of the City
subjeêtto taxation.
SECl'ION IX
RECORDS AND ROLLS:
The Board shalf be . required
to keep an açcurate· record of
all its þtoceedings, w hi c h
shall be aVlÛ1!1ble forpubJi~
inspection. Immediately,' upon
completion of .. its ....\VOl"k, . the
Board shall certify itsapprov-
al of the assessment rollS,
which sháll.i)ereturned..to the
City . COunèil, . ··which . shall
~poÍ1 aþp1'()vè the· said
rolls. as .. returned to it !1Dd·
thereí1ponadopt the same as
the . a~ment rolls to be
used for the 'CollectiOn of· tax-
es, for the CU1'1'~t year.
SECTIQJ:II X
SAVING cx..AUSE: It is the
intention of the City . COuncil
that each separate provision
, of this Ordinance shall be
d.e e m e d Jndepe11deltt of' all
other provisions herein, and it
is further the intention of the
Ci,ty COuncil that if any pro vi-
'sion of this ordinance is de-
clared invalid, all other provi-
sions thereof sbaJI remain val-
Id and enforêeable. . .
'. ~:ECTION Xl.. . .'
EFFECTIVE DA~S: This
Ordinance. shall ~come effec-'
tive and valid on the'14th day
of August, 1967.' .
APPROvtD:
os-Calvin F-;' Luper
Mflyor, Citf'ot
North Richlaí1.dHilIs,
Texas "
ATTEST:
-s-EvaIyn R.Reed
City. Secre$ary, .
City 9f North Richland HiUs,
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