HomeMy WebLinkAbout09878 ORD - 07/29/1970AN ORDINANCE
PRESCRIBING THE TAXES TO BE LEVIED, ASSESSED AND
COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
FOR THE YEAR 1970 AND FOR EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR
THEREAFTER UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED AND ORDAINED,
AND SUCH OTHER YEARS AS THE SAME MAY BE APPLI-
CABLE: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND DE-
CIARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That there is hereby levied, to be assessed and col-
lected in current money of the United States of America, for the use of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the Year 1970, and for each succeeding
year thereafter, until otherwise provided and ordained, an annual ad valor-
em tax of $..90 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) value thereof,
on all property, real, personal, and mixed, located within the said City
of Corpus Christi, upon which a tax is authorized to be levied by law, and
upon all franchises of all individuals, partners, and corporations holding
franchises in the City from said City of Corpus Christi, Texas, said tax to
be appropriated to the payment and defrayment of current expenses of the
Government, including but not limited to street improvement, of said City.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby levied to be assessed and collect-
ed in current money of the United States of America for the use of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas for the Year 1970 and for each succeeding year
thereafter, until otherwise provided and ordained, an annual direct ad
valorem tax-of $.70 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of value
on all property real, personal, and mixed, and franchises described in
Section 1 of this ordinance, said taxes to be appropriated for the purpose
of creating a sinking fund to pay the interest and principal maturities on
all outstanding City of Corpus Christi bonds not otherwise provided for, and
including the interest, agent fees, and maturities of the following City of
Corpus Christi bonds.
9878 -
GENERAL, OBLIGATION BONDS AND INTEREST
MATURING AUGUST 1, 1970 - JULY 31, 1971
Principal
Interest
Total
1948
Park Improvement
$ 10,000
$ 1,050
$ 11,050
1948
Sanitary Sewer Improvement
80,000
8,400
88,400
1948
Storm Sewer Improvement
1202000
13,125
133,125
1948
Street Improvement
45,000
5,250
50,250
1950
City Hall
30,000
4,388
34,388
1950
Fire Station
5,000
81
5,081
1950A
Municipal Auditorium
190,000
21,250
211,250
1950
Police Building
20,000
325
20,325
1950
Public Library
25,000
2,812
27,812
1950
Street Improvement
20,000
975
20,975
1950A
Street Improvement
30,000
3,000
33,000
1950
Storm Sewer
20,000
9,750
29,750
195GA
Storm Sewer
90,000
11,125
1012125
1950
Traffic Control System
5,000
81
5,081
1950
Water Dist. No. 2
29,000
11,883
40,883
1951
Airport Improvement
25,000
3,387
28,387
1951
Sanitary Sewer Improvement
25,000
2,938
27,938
1951
Storm Sewer Improvement
40,000
4,637
44,637
1951
Street Improvement
25,000
12,688
37,688
1954
Fire Station
10,000
2,700
12,700
1954A
Fire Station
--
5,312
5,312
1954
Storm Sewer
5,000
26,975
31,975
1954A
Storm Sewer
--
37,813
37,813
1954
Street Improvement
65,000
4,o5o
69,050
1954A
Street Improvement
40,000
16,125
56,125
1954
Street Right -of -way
--
5,762
5,762
1955
General Obligation
195,000
31,200
226,200
1957
Storm Sewer
35,000
16,450
51,450
1957
General Improvement
100,000
41,650
141,650
1958
Airport
30,000
15,363
45,363
1958
Storm Sewer
20,000
10,737
30,737
1958
General Improvement
125,000
100,100
225,100
1959
General Improvement
30,000
72,913
102,913
1960
General Improvement
90,000
41,880
131,880
1961
General Improvement
75,000
62,150
137,150
1962
General Improvement
75,000
64,712
139,712
1962
Airport Refunding
125,000
7,000
132,000
1963
General Improvement
80,000
42,040
122,040
1963A
General Improvement
150,000
86,975
236,975
1964
General Improvement
130,000
96,563
226,563
1964
Park Improvement
20,000
91150
29,150
1965
General Improvement
90,000
43,503
133,503
1966
General Obligation.
50,000
13,000
63,000
1966A
General Improvement
135,000
88,256
223,256
1967
General Improvement
150,000
129,930
279,930
1968
General Improvement
100,000
107,550
207,550
1969
General Improvement
100,000
176,750
276,750
1969A
General Improvement
150,000
129,825
279,825
1970
General Improvement
100,000
302,000
402,000
Total
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SECTION 3. All taxes for the year 1970 hereby levied shall be-
come due and payable at the Office of the Tax Assessor- Collector of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on or after the first day of August, 1970,
and if the taxes levied for said year are not paid on or before January
31st next after becoming due, interest shall be charged upon the gross
amount of the taxes due and penalty due until paid at the rate of and -half
of one percent (1/2 of 1 %) for each month or fraction thereof thereafter.
Said interest shall be in addition to such penalties as may be hereafter
provided for delinquent taxes. No discount for payment of taxes prior to
such taxes becoming delinquent shall be allowed.
SECTION 4. In addition to all other taxes, there is hereby levied
a tax in the nature of a street rental fee, as provided by Article 1175,
Section (12), V.A.C.S., Texas, against all persons, firms or corporations
having any pipes, mains, conductors or other facilities in any public ways,
streets, alleys, utility easements, or waters within the City limits of the
City of Corpus Christi as part of a Public Utility System. Said charge shall
be based on the gross receipts of such public utility derived from the sale
of gas, electricity, water or other utility service within the City limits.
Said fee or tax is payable for each and every calendar year, and shall be
paid on or before March 1 next following the end of such calendar year. Such
payments shall be made to the Assessor - Collector of Taxes of the City with a
verified statement showing the amount of such gross receipts for the respective
year. A reasonable charge for street rental fee aforesaid is hereby determined
to be four percent (4%) of the gross receipts of such utility derived from the
sale of gas, electric energy, or water and /or other utility service, including
directory advertising, within the City of Corpus Christi and is hereby levied
in that amount. In the event this street rental fee and /or occupation tax is
by State Law prohibited, except as to a different rate than as is hereby levied,
then the rate is hereby fixed at the highest rate permitted by State law to be
levied by the City. Any public utility having a franchise from the City or for
any reason permitted to operate within the City shall be liable for the payment
of the tax hereby levied unless a different rate of payment or other consider-
ation is provided by written agreement with the City.
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SECTION 5. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid, it
shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any other ordinance of
the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regulations relate.
SECTION 6. That the fact that the passage of an ordinance for the
levying of taxes and street rental fees for the City of Corpus Christi for
the Year 1970 is necessary and important to the people of the City and the
further fact that the preparation and completion of the tax rolls of the
City for the Year 1970 is dependent upon the passage of this ordinance, and
in order that said tax roll may be completed and ready for the collection of
said taxes when the same becomes due and payable as aforesaid, creates an
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the
Charter rule providing that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed fi-
nally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution
shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor
having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the
suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally
on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after the passage of same, IT IS ACCORDINGLY ORDAINED this
the day of July, 1970.
ATTEST:
City Secret y \
APPROVED:
DAY OF JULY 1970;
A ting City Att y
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, s
day of 19
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or
resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore,
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
IA OR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dickj'Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the followin vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Kea McDaniel
W. J. :'Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
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