Ordinance No. 1,653ORDINANCE NO.1653
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FORTHE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,1975,UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY
IN SAID CITYOF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THESTATE
OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY;AND RE
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTSOF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:There shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed
and collected for the year ending September 30,1975,anad valorem tax of
ONE AND52/100 ($1.52)DOLLARS for each ONE HUNDRED ($100.00)DOLLARS of assessed
value of property located within the city limits of the Cityof Baytown on
January 1,1974,made taxable by law,which said taxes,when collected,shall
be apportioned among funds and departments ofCity Government of the City of
Baytown and for the purposes hereinafter set forth as follows:
General Fund Operations $1,159
Debt Service for payment
of bonded indebtedness $0,361
TOTAL $1.520
Section 2:The ad valorem tax rate ofONE AND52/100 ($1.52)DOLLARS as
set forth in Section 1,is hereby levied and shallbe assessed and collected
on only Fifty (50%)percent of each ONE HUNDRED ($100.00)DOLLARS worth of
property located within the city limits of the City of Baytown on January 1,
1974,as valued by the Equalization Board of 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 currentaccount of the same.All collection ofsuch taxes,as
well as collectionof taxes owned for prior years,to include penalty and interest
thereon,shall be deposited in the official depository of the City of Baytown
tobe distributed between the General Fund and the Debt Service on a basis
determined by the percentage thateachof the dollar figures in Section 1 above
bear to the above stated tax rate.
Section 4:All ordinances are 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expressly repealed.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 Cityof Baytown at its regular meeting held at the City Hall in
the City of Baytown on the 12th day of September,1974.
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney
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