Ordinance No. 2,542W
ORDINANCE NO. 2542
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1979, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF BAYTOWN
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND
THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND
REPEALING 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, 1979, an ad valorem tax of ONE AND 44/100 ($1.44) DOLLARS
for each ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS of assessed value of
property located within the city limits of the City of
Baytown on January 1, 1978, 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 $0.969
Debt Service for payment
of bonded indebtedness $0.471
$1.440
Section 2: The ad valorem tax rate of ONE AND 44/100
($1.44) DOLLARS as set forth in Section 1, is hereby levied
and shall be assessed and collected on only Fifty (50%) per
cent of each ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS worth of property
located within the city limits of the City of Baytown on
January 1, 1978, 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
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keep a current account of same. All collection of such
taxes, as well as collection of taxes owed for 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 1 above bear to the above stated tax
rate.
Section 4: All ordinances or part 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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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 Hall in the City of Baytown
on the 20th day of September, 1978•
1 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
4LEEEN . HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
S'COTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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