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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
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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
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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:
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MC.. ASSUty Attorney
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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............_..-- ..__. - -...
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Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in _- -.Times— . ............._. - --
on the-13— day of 19-7-4,
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Class. Ad. Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1.5 . ......... day of- ....Moot L .............................. 19 :zk-.-
Louise Viok K - Notary Publi
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NOTICE OP ASS AG OF
ORDINANCE N0. 17211
FlNOING iNAT THE GRANTING OF
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EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM
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