Ordinance No. 1,127ORDINANCE NO. 1127
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1972, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY
IN SAID CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND RE-
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1 : There shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed and
collected for the year ending September 30, 1972, an ad valorem tax of ONE AND
39/100 {$1,39} DOLLARS for each ONE HUNDRED AND NO /100 ($100.00) DOLLARS OF
assessed value of property located within the City Limits of the City of Bay-
town on January 1, 1971, made taxable by law, which said taxes, when collected,
shall be apportioned among funds and departments of City Government of the City
of Baytown and for the purposes hereinafter set forth as follows:
General Fund Operations $1.0788
Debt Service for payment
of bonded indebtedness 0.3112
TOTAL 1.3900
Section 2: The ad valorem tax rate of ONE AND 39/100 ($1.39) DOLLARS as set
forth in Section 1, is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected on only
Fifty (50 %) percent of each ONE HUNDRED AND NO /100 ($100.00) DOLLARS worth of
property located within the City Limits of the City of Baytown on January 1, 1971,
as valued by the Equalization Board for the City of Baytown and made taxable by
law.
Section 3: The Tax Assessor and Collector of the City of Baytown is. hereby
directed to assess, extend and enter upon the Tax Rolls of the City of Baytown,
Texas, for the current year the amounts and rates herein levied, and to keep a
current account of the same. All collection of such taxes, as well as collection
of taxes owed from prior years, to include penalty and interest thereon, shall be
deposited in the official depository of the City of Baytown to be distributed
between the General Fund and the Debt Service on a basis determined by the
percentage that each of the dollar figures in Section I above bear to the
above stated tax rate.
Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of the City of Baytown at a special meeting held at the City Nall
in the City of Baytown on the 27th day of September 1971.
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
aw 4�d'.
NEEL RICHAR SO , City Attorney
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C. GLEN WALK
ER, Mayor