O513ORDINANCE NO. 513
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD
VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF KENNEDALE,
TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
2012 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2013; DIRECTING THE
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas hereby finds that the tax for
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012, and ending September 30, 2013, hereinafter levied for
current expenses and the general improvements of the City and its property, must be levied to
provide the revenue requirements of the budget for the ensuing year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved on the 19th day of September 2012, the budget
for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012, and ending September 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, all statutory and constitutional requirements concerning the levying and
assessing of ad valorem taxes have been completed in due and correct time, including providing
notice of and conducting a public hearing regarding the ad valorem tax levied hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF KENNEDALE TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. For the current expense of the City of Kennedale and for the general
improvements of the City and its property, there is hereby levied and ordered to be assessed and
collected for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012 and ending September 30, 2013, and for
each fiscal year thereafter until it be otherwise provided and ordained, on all property situated
within the corporate limits of the City limits of the City of Kennedale, and not exempt from taxation
by valid laws, an ad valorem tax rate of $0.722500 cents on the One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars
valuation of such property.
$0.549582 For the purpose of maintenance and operation.
$0.172918 For the purpose of interest and sinking.
$0.722500 Total Tax Rate
This year's tax levy to fund maintenance and operations expenditures does not
exceed last year's maintenance and operations tax levy.
SECTION 2. That the taxes herein are levied according to law and shall be due and
payable on October 1, 2012, and the same shall become delinquent on February 1, 2013. Should
any taxpayer fail to make payment before the date of delinquency, the penalty as provided by law
shall be assessed until the unpaid taxes and penalty have been satisfied.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 33.07 of the Texas Tax Code, in
the event that 2012 taxes and taxes for all subsequent years become delinquent on or after February
1 but not later than May 1 of the year in which they become delinquent, and in the event such
delinquent taxes are referred to an attorney for collection, an additional amount of twenty percent
(20 %) of the total amount of tax, penalty and interest then due shall be added as collection costs to
be paid by the taxpayer, for all taxes delinquent on or after July 1, 2013.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 33.08 of the Texas Tax Code, the
City further provides that all 2012 taxes and taxes for all subsequent years that become delinquent
on or after June 1 of the year in which they become delinquent shall, in order to defray the costs of
collection, incur an additional 20% of the delinquent tax, penalty and interest.
SECTION 5. In the event any section, sub - section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this
ordinance shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no
means affect any other section, sub - section, clause sentence, or phrase of this ordinance, but all the
rest thereof shall be in full force and effect just as though the section, sub - section, sentence, clause
or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part thereof.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by law.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, this the 19th day of September, 2012.
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