Ordinance No. 3,14710514 -7
ORDINANCE NO. 3147
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 282, "TAXATION ", OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO INCREASE
THE LIMITED RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR INDIVI-
DUALS 65 YEARS OR OLDER; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EF-
FECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section l: That Subsection 282 -1(b) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 282 -1(b). Exceptions to payment of ad valorem taxes.
(b) Adults 65 years or older. An individual adult who
is 65 years or older is entitled to an exemption from taxation
of Fifty Thousand and No /100 ($50,000.00) Dollars of the
assessed value of his residence homestead. Joint or community
owners may not each receive the same exemption provided by
or pursuant to this subsection for the same residence homestead
in the same year.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only
to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects
this ordinances shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity
of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
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Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this the 14th day of May
1981.
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL,-City Clerk
APPROVED:
�LANDALL B. STRONG, City At ney
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