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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05613 ORD - 12/16/1959�- - INS:JISH :12 -8 -59 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 1 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE SO TO PROVIDE FOR A CHAFE OF .00 FOR EACH TAX CERTIFICATE ISSUED Ty-T—HE TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR OF THE CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 35 -1 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "SEC. 35 -1. CHARGE FOR TAX CERTIFICATES. °THE TAX ASSESSOR- COLLECTOR OF THE CITY SHALL CHARGE $1.00 ONE DOLLAR) FOR EACH TAX CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY HIS OFFICE. SUCH SUM SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY." SECTION 2. THAT THE SUMS COLLECTED FROM ISSUANCE OF TAX CERTI- FICATES� AS PROVIDED IN THE PRECEDING SECTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT EACH MONTH AS AN OFFSET AGAINST THE EXPENSES OF THE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF TAX ASSESSOR- COLLECTOR UNDER THE TERMS OF CONTRACTS WHICH THE CITY HAS WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT, AND LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES. SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR FIXING A CHARGE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF RENDERING THE SERVICE NECESSARY TO ISSUE TAX CERTIFICATES CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYORS HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED T s / DAY OF DECEMBER, 1959. ATTEST• � MAYOR 1 THE CITY F CORPUS I ISTI, TEXAS CITY ECRET RY. APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS _DAY OF WCEMDERI 1959: CITY ATTORNEY 5613 CORPUS CHRISTI XAS DAY OF l9j TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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; 1, THEREFORE HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFUL Y, YOR THE CITY OF COR S CHRI I, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEAR' JOSEPH S. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE WAGE LOZANO, JR. / THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THfi FOLLOW NO VOTE: ELLROY KING ✓ JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEAR? JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE 11 GABE LOZANO, SR.,