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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12211 ORD - 08/07/19747 /24 /74:MLM:jkh:e • 1st AN ORDINANCE FINDING THAT THE GRANTING OF A $4,000 ASSESSED VALUE EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM TAXES FOR PERSONS' RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD WHO ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; EXEMPTING FROM ALL AD VALOREM TAXES LEVIED FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000) OF THE ASSESSED TAXABLE VALUE OF SAID RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF SAID PERSONS UPON PROPER APPLICATION FOR SAID EXEMPTION BEING MADE AS PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11247, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1973, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11918, PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1974; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHEREAS, Article III, Section lb, Texas Constitution, was amended as provided by S.J.R. No. 7, Acts 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, by vote of the citizens of the State on November 7, 1972, so as to authorize any city to exempt not less than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) of the assessed value of residence homesteads of persons sixty -five (65) years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 11001, passed and approved by the City Council on July 31, 1972, prescribed the taxes to be levied, assessed and collected by the City for the year 1972 and for each succeeding year; and WHEREAS, by passage of Ordinance No. 11247, on January 10, 1973, amended by Ordinance No. 11918, on February 20, 1974, the City Council exempted from all ad valorem taxes levied after January 1, 1973, Three Thousand Dollars ($3000) of the assessed taxable value of residence homesteads, as that term is defined by the State Constitution and law, of persons sixty -five (65) years of age or older, provided the owner thereof or his duly authorized agent or attorney applied at the City Tax Office for the exemption on the form adopted; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby finds that providing an exemption of $4,000 is advantageous to those taxpaying citizens who are sixty -five years of age or older, and said exemption will not unduly burden the other taxpaying citizens, the City's financial condition, impair the retirement of City bonds or impair the obligations of the contract by which any debt was created: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That there is hereby exempted from all ad valorem taxes levied on or after January 1, 1974, Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000) of the assessed 1221.E taxable value of residence homesteads,as that term is defined by the State Constitution and law, of persons sixty -five (65) years of age or older, provided the owner thereof or his duly authorized agent or attorney applies at the City Tax Office for said exemption on the form herein adopted, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A ", and made a part hereof 'For all pertinent purposes. SECTION 2. That this ordinance is and shall be construed as cumulative of all other ordinances and merely increases the exemption from $3,000 to $4,000. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be effective from and after January 1, 1974. SECTION 4. If for any reason any section paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 5. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publishing the caption of the ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. APPLICATION FOR $4,000 ASSESSMENT EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS 65 YEARS OLD OR OLDER 1. Description of Property: 2. Ownership of Described Property: 3. Names and ages of persons residing at Property: 4. Is Property Described Homestead as that term is defined under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas? Yes 5. By signing this form No hereby affirm that the foregoing statements are true and correct and I am the head of the family residing in the aforesaid homestead. Signature Acknowledgment: Clerk, Tax Office • • That the foregoing ordinance was read for Ihe first time °an passed to its second reading on this the day of 19_ /y by the following vote: T` Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read o he second time and passed to its third reading on this the gday of - 19a by the following vote: Jason Luby ,James T. Acuff_ Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzales Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance as read for the hard time and passed finally on this the 46, day of 19 by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzales Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ATTEST: w MDAY OF 19: iLltAd � MC.. ASSUty Attorney �d of , 19 MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS , TESAS PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, L: County of Nueces. f— Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came............_..-- ..__. - -... . ................... ...... .......... — who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the @7!'.....__.......— ._.._..—._ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of LGRAI 0 d4"-nft-a #12211... of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in _- -.Times— . ............._. - -- on the-13— day of 19-7-4, . . . ........ . .. . Class. Ad. Manager Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1.5 . ......... day of- ....Moot L .............................. 19 :zk-.- Louise Viok K - Notary Publi �.� NOTICE OP ASS AG OF ORDINANCE N0. 17211 FlNOING iNAT THE GRANTING OF A f •a00 45S ESSEO VALUE EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM iA7cE4 FOR PERSONS "RESIDENCE EAp D I ARE T YEARS I, �j 7EREST OFOTNESCIT 2 NSEOP iNE CITV OF CORPUS fXRISTI� 1 AN EFFEiTIVF VIDING 'FOR AND PROVIDING M ure 1