Ordinance No. 2,014ORDINANCE NO.2014
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO
SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1976,FIXING THE TIME OF THE FIRST
MEETING OF SAID BOARD,AND AUTHORIZING SAID BOARD TO
EXERCISE THE POWER AND FULFILL THE DUTIES CONFERRED
UPON IT BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITYOF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS,in Article VII,Section 83 of the Charter of
the City of Baytown,it is provided that the City Council
shall each year,prior to the first day of June,appoint
three (3)residents of said City who shall be qualified
voters and real property owners,as the Board of Equalization;
said Charter also providing thatthe Council shall fixthe
time of the first meeting of said Board of Equalization;NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the following named resident citizens
of the City of Baytown,each of whom is a qualified voter
and a real property owner,are hereby appointed as and shall
constitute the Board of Equalization for the current year,
to wit:
1.Alvin Miles
2.CO.Walker
3.Lamar Kelley
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June,
1976,and as long thereafter as may be necessary to hear,
review,and determine the value and assessment of all prop
erty,both real and personal,within the City of Baytown as
said appear on theTax Roll forthe year 1976.
Section 2:It shall be the duty of said Board to hear
and determine the complaint of any person that assessments
of property,as made and returned by the City Tax Assessor-
Collector,are in excess of the true value of said properties
and to review,examine,and if necessary,revise the assess
ments as returned by the City Tax Assessor-Collector,to the
end that all property within the City shall be assessed as
fairly and as uniformly as possible.Said Board of Equal
ization shall have the authority and shall exercise all the
powers and fulfill all of the duties granted and conferred
upon it by the express provisions of the Charter of the City
of Baytown.
Section 3:The Board of Equalization shall hold its
first meeting on the 1st day of June,1976,at 4:QQ o'clock
p .m.and thereafter,shall convene and adjourn from time
to time as long as may be necessary in the premises.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this27th day
of May 1976.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EI-LEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney
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