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TAX RATE
ORDINANCE NO. 05-3449
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES
FOR THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 2005,
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 2005, 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 maintenance and
operation of the Municipal government, a tax of fifty-one and forty-nine
hundredths cents ($.5149) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of all
property, real, personal and mixed within the corporate limits of said city, subject
to taxation, for the specific purposes herein set forth:
For the current expenditures of the City of Plainview and for the
maintenance and operation of the City, and its property, there is
hereby levied and ordered to be assessed and collected for the
Year 2005 on all property situated within the limits of the City and
not exempt from taxation by valid law, an ad valorem tax at the rate
of fifty-one and forty-nine hundredths cents ($.5149) on each one
hundred doJlars ($100.00) valuation of such property.
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE IVIORE TAXES FOP,
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST
YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE
TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A
$100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $.83 PEP,
MONTH.
Section I1:
The ad valorem taxes levied shall become due on October 1, 2005, 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
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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 1,2005.
Section IV - Severability:
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,
conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
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Section VII - Effective Date: This Ordinance shall become Effective on October
1, 2005.
Passed and Approved on this 27th day of September, 2005.
ATTEST:
Hinojosa, City Secr~,~ry
APPROVED AS TO;CONTENT:
.// ..
ac Keller, Budget Manager
· ~Keller, Bud
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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