O733 Zoning ChangeORDINANCE NO. 733
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM
TAXES FOR THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2022; 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 21 st day of September 2021,
the budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021, and ending September 30, 2022;
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, 2021, and ending
September 30, 2022, 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, 2021, and ending September 30, 2022, 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 $0.764085 cents on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
of valuation of such property, to be assessed as follows:
$0.572949 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
$0.191136 FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTEREST AND SINKING
$0.764085 TOTAL TAX RATE
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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 0.59 PERCENT AND WILL
RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY
APPROXIMATELY $-9.74.
SECTION 2.
The taxes herein are levied according to law and shall be due and payable on October 1,
2021, and the same shall become delinquent on February 1, 2022. 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, 2022, but not later than May 1,
2022, and that remain delinquent on July 1, 2022, 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, 2022, 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 2021 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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS, THIS THE 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021.
ATTEST:
ITY SECRETARY LESLIE E. GALL
AY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CITY ATTORNEY DREW LARKIN
APPROVED:
MAYOR LINDA RHODES
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