O555ORDINANCE NO. 555
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD
VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF KENNEDALE,
TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
2014 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015; 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, 2014, and ending September 30, 2015, 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 25th day of September 2014, the budget
for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014, and ending September 30, 2015; 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, 2014 and ending September 30, 2015, 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 $0.747500 cents on the One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars
valuation of such property.
$0.551216 For the purpose of maintenance and operation.
$0.196284 For the purpose of interest and sinking.
$0.747500 Total Tax Rate
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FROM MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
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SECTION 2. That the taxes herein are levied according to law and shall be due
and payable on October 1, 2014, and the same shall become delinquent on February 1, 2015.
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 2013 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, 2015.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 33.08 of the Texas Tax
Code, the City further provides that all 2013 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 25th day of September, 2014.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, BRIAN JOHNSON
ATTEST:
COOPERK CITY SECRETARY
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