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TAX RATE
ORDINANCE NO. 16-3639
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS SETTING THE
TAX RATE AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE
YEAR 2016; DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION
THEREOF; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE;
CONFLICTS CLAUSE; REPEALER; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas is responsible for the maintenance and
operation costs for all services and improvements within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the City Council set and held public hearings on September 8, 2016
and September 13, 2016 for the proposed tax rate for tax year 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council set and announced the dates and time for the
adoption of the tax rate as September 22, 2016 and September 27, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Council further considered and adopted the City Budget for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016, and ending September 30, 2017, on September
22, 2016 and September 27, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, a home rule municipality, is authorized to levy,
assess and collect property taxes for the purpose of maintaining the City's operation costs
in accordance with the Texas Local Government Code Ann., Section 102.009 (Vemon's
2008) and Texas Tax Code Ann., Section 302.001 (Vernon's 2015); and
WHEREAS, Texas Tax Code Ann., Section 26.05 (Vemon's 2016) requires that
the City adopt a tax rate for the current tax year and notify the tax assessor for Hale
County Tax Appraisal District with the rate adopted; and
WHEREAS, the tax levy of such ad valorem taxes at a given rate is necessary to
generate sufficient revenues to meet projected City expenses for fiscal year 2016-2017;
and
WHEREAS, the City has fully and timely complied with all notice and other
requirements relative to the adoption of a tax rate for fiscal year 2016-2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Plainview hereby ordains, that:
Section 1.
The City of Plainview, a home rule municipality, may levy, assess and collect
property taxes for lawful purposes in accordance with the City of Plainview Home Rule
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Charter, Article V, Section 5.06, Texas Tax Code Ann., Section 302.001 (Vemon's 2015),
and Texas Constitution, Article 11, Section 5 (Vernon's Supp. 2014).
Section 2.
The City of Plainview City Council hereby levies and collects for the use and
support of the municipality, a tax of sixty-two and eighty-eight hundredths cents ($.6288)
on the One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($100.00) valuation of all property, real, personal
and mixed, within the corporate limits of the City, subject to taxation, for the specific
purposes herein set forth:
For the current expenditures of the City of Plainview and for the general
improvement, use and support of the City, and its property, there is hereby
levied and ordered to be assessed and collected for the Year 2016 on all
property situated within the limits of the City and not exempt from taxation
by valid law, an ad valorem tax at the rate of sixty-two and eighty-eight
hundredths cents ($.6288) on the One Hundred and No/100 Dollars
($100.00) valuation of such property.
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX
RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 4.6430
PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY
APPROXIMATELY $27.90.
Section 3.
The ad valorem taxes levied shall become due on October 1, 2016, and may be
paid up to and including the following January 31, 2017 without penalty, but if not so paid,
such taxes shall become delinquent on the following day, February 1, 2017, 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 4.
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
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extent and priorities as real estate. Such liens shall attach to said property as of January
1, 2017.
Section 5.
The City Secretary shall hereby notify the Tax Assessor of the tax rate in
accordance with State law.
Section 6.
Severability is intended throughout and within this Section. if any provision, including
any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, unconstitutional, or unenforceable by a court of law
or administrative agency with jurisdiction over the matter, such action shall not be construed
to affect any other valid portion of this Ordinance. A constitutional construction hereof is
intended and shall be given. There is not intent herein to violate either cif the Texas
Constitution or the Constitution of the United States.
Section 7.
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter,
or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating, or
goveming the subject matter herein.
Section 8.
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 9.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with any provision of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters regulated herein.
Section 10.
This ordinance shall become effective on October 1, 2016 upon its passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 22nd day of September, 2016.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this 27th day of September, 2016.
endell Dun ap, Mayor
ATTEST:
Belinda Hinojosa, City Se tary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Sarianne Beversdorf, Director of Fir$nce
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Les le Spear chm dt, City ttomey
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