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TAX RATE
ORDINANCE NO. 94-3020
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM
TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, FOR THE
YEAR 1994, AND DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND
COLLECTION THEREOF; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE; CONFLICTS CLAUSE;
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL finds that the tax for the year 1994, hereinafter levied for
current expenses and general improvements of the City and its property, must be levied to
provide for the ensuing year.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas:
SECTION I: There is hereby levied and there shall be collected for the use and support of the
Municipal government, a tax of forty two and fourteen one-hundredths cents ($.4214) on the one
hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of all property, real, personal and mixed within the corporate
limits of said City, subject to taxation, for the specific purposes herein set forth:
(a) For the current expenditures of the City of Plainview and for the general improvement,
use and support of the City, and its property, there is hereby levied and ordered to be
assessed and collected for the Year 1994 on all property situated within the limits of the
City, and not exempt from taxation by valid law, an ad valorem tax at the rate of-forty
two and fourteen one-hundredths cents ($.4214) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00)
valuation of such property.
SECTION II: The ad valorem taxes levied shall become due on October 1, 1994, and may be
paid up to and including the following January 31, without penalty, but if not so paid, such taxes
shall become delinquent on the following day, February 1, and the penalty and interest designated
by State Law shall be collected for each month or portion of the month that the delinquent taxes
remain unpaid. Interest and penalty collected from such delinquent taxes shall be appropriated
to the General Fund of the City of Plainview. The rate of interest to be collected on delinquent
taxes shall be in accordance with State Law.
SECTION III: The taxes herein levied shall be a first and prior lien against the property upon
which they are assessed and the said first lien shall be superior and prior to all other liens,
charges and encumbrances, and this hen shall attach to personal property to the same extent and
priorities as real estate. The liens provided herein attached as of January 1, 1995.
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SECTION IV. Severabili~,
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, of portion of this ordinance is, for any reason,
held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be
deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions thereof,
SECTION V. Cumulativeness.
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter, or diminish
the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating, or governing the
subject matter herein.
SECTION VI. Conflicts
All ordinances or portion of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas, in conflict herewith,
are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
SECTION VII. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective on October 1, 1994.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1994.
ATTEST:
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO .CONTENT:
Iq~~_~~-
orman Huggins, t~ir~ctor of Finance
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Ht~tch, City Attorney
Lloyd Woods, Mayor
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