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ORDINANCE NO. 01-3301
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR
THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 2001, AND
DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF;
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE; CONFLICTS
CLAUSE; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Whereas, the City Council finds that the tax for the year 2001, hereinafter levied for
current expenses and general improvements of the City and its property, must be levied
to provide for the ensuing year.
The City of Plainview hereby ordains, that:
Section I:
There is hereby levied and there shall be collected for the use and support of the
Municipal government, a tax of forty-three and seventy-five hundredths cents ($.4375)
on the
within
herein
one hundred dollars ($100.00)valuation of all property, real, personal and mixed
the corporate limits of said city, subject to taxation, for the specific purposes
set forth:
(a)
(b)
For the current expenditures of the City of Plainview and for the general
improvement, use and support of the City, and its property, there is hereby
levied and ordered to be assessed and collected for the .Year 2001 on all
property situation within the limits of the City and not exempt from taxation
by valid law, an ad valorem tax at the rate of thirty-nine and five hundredths
cents ($.3905) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of such
property.
For the current expenditure of the City of Plainview and to be dedicated for
street construction and repair which is in addition to and outside the normal
street maintenance funds budgeted in the General Fund Street Department,
there is hereby levied and ordered to be assessed and collected for the year
2000 on all property situated within the limits of the'.City, and 'not exempt
from taxation by valid law, an ad valorem tax rate' of fOur and-seventy
hundredths cents ($.047) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of
such property. The revenue received from this .047 cents for the 2001-
2002 fiscal year and subsequent years revenue shall be transferred to the
Street Improvement Fund as received and used for the specific purpose as
herein set forth.
Section I1:
The ad valorem taxes levied shall become due on October 1,2001, 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
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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 II1:
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 lien shall attach to personal property to the same
extent and priorities as real estate. The liens provided herein attached as of January 1,
2002.
Section IV - Severabilit¥:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or 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 effect 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 he 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, 2001.
PasSed and Approved on first reading this 11th day of September, 2001.
Passed and Approved on second reading this 25th day of September, 2001.
Belinda Hinojosa, C~ty Secre ary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
J~keller, Bu~lg'~t Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Hatch~City Attorney
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