O679ORDINANCE NO. 679
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM
TAXES FOR THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2019, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 2020; DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TAX ROLL;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved on the 171h day of September 2019,
the budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, and ending September 30,
2020; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, hereby finds that a
tax at the rate set forth below for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, and ending
September 30, 2020, must be levied to provide the revenue requirements of the budget
for the ensuing year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to approve the official tax roll of the City
which is calculated based upon the adopted tax rate; 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 public hearings 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, 2019, and ending September 30,
2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter until it be otherwise provided and ordained, on
all property situated within the corporate limits of the City of Kennedale, and not exempt
from taxation by valid laws, an ad valorem tax rate of $0.734970 cents on each One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of valuation of such property, to be assessed as follows:
$0.544429
$0.190541
$0.734970
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTEREST AND SINKING
TOTAL TAX RATE
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0679 CITY OF KENNEDALE, TX 2019
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 8.00 PERCENT AND WILL
RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY
APPROXIMATELY $9.21.
SECTION 2.
The taxes herein are levied according to law and shall be due and payable on October
1, 2019, and the same shall become delinquent on February 1, 2020. Should any
taxpayer fail to make payment before the date of delinquency, a penalty and interest 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 the taxes become delinquent on or after February 1, 2020, but not later than May 1,
2020, and that remain delinquent on July 1, 2020, 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.
SECTION 4.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 33.08 of the Texas Tax Code, the City
further provides that all taxes that become delinquent on or after June 1, 2020, shall, in
order to defray the costs of collection, incur an additional penalty in the amount of
twenty percent (20%) of the delinquent tax, penalty and interest.
SECTION 5.
The tax roll for tax year 2019 for the City of Kennedale, Texas, is hereby approved.
SECTION 6.
In the event any section, subsection, 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, subsection, clause sentence, or phrase of this ordinance, but
all the rest thereof shall be in full force and effect just as though the section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not
originally a part thereof.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS, THIS THE 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2019.
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