09-16-06-Ordinance-Levying Taxes for Fiscal Year 2006-2007-09/28/2006ORDINANCE NO. 09-16-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES
FOR THE YEAR 2006 (FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007), AT THE RATE OF $0.59046
PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) ASSESSED VALUATION, ON ALL TAXABLE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANGER AS OF
JAN[TARY 1, 2006, TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CURRENT
EXPENSES; PROVIDING FOR AN INTEREST AND SINKING FUND FOR ALL
OUTSTANDING DEBT OF THE CITY OF SANGER; PROVIDING FOR DUE AND
DELINQUENT DATES TOGETHER WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That there is hereby levied for the year 2006 on all
taxable property, real, personal and mixed, situated within the
corporate limits of the City of Sanger, and not exempt by the
Constitution of the State and valid State laws, a tax of $0.59046 on
each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of taxable
property, which shall be apportioned and distributed as follows:
(a) For the purpose of defraying the current operations and
maintenance expenditures of the municipal government of the
City of Sanger, a tax of $0.43325 on each one hundred
dollars ($100) assessed value on all taxable property.
(b) For the purpose of creating a sinking fund to pay the
interest and principal maturities of all outstanding debt
of the City of Sanger, not otherwise provided for, a tax of
$0.15721 on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed value
of taxable property within the City of Sanger, and shall be
applied to the payment of interest and maturities of all
such outstanding debt.
SECTION 2. That all ad valorem taxes shall become due and
payable on October 1, 2006 and all ad valorem taxes for the year
shall become delinquent if not paid prior to February 1, 2007. There
shall be no discount for payment of taxes prior to February 1, 2007.
A delinquent tax shall incur all penalty and interest authorized by
law, to wit:
(a) A penalty of six per cent on the amount of the tax for the
first calendar month it is delinquent, plus one percent for
each additional month or portion of a month the tax remains
unpaid prior to July 1 of the year in which it becomes
delinquent.
(b) Provided, however, a tax delinquent on July 1, 2007 incurs
a total penalty of twelve per cent of the amount of
delinquent tax without regard to the number of months the
tax has been delinquent. A delinquent tax shall also
accrue interest at the rate of one percent for each month
of portion of a month the tax remains unpaid. Taxes for
the year 2006 and taxes for all future years that become
delinquent on or after February 1 but not later than May 1,
and that remain delinquent on July 1 of the year in which
they become delinquent, incur an additional penalty in the
amount of twenty percent (200-.) of taxes, penalty and
interest due, pursuant to Texas Property Tax Code Section
6.30 and 33.07, as amended. Taxes for the year 2006 and
taxes for all future years that remain delinquent on or
after June 1 under Texas Property Tax Code Sections
26.07(f), 26.15(e), 31.03, 31.031, 31.032 or 31.04 incur an
additional penalty in the amount of twenty percent (200) of
taxes, penalty and interest due, pursuant to Texas Property
Tax Code Section 6.30 and Section 33.08, as amended.
SECTION 3. Taxes are payable in Sanger, Texas, at the City of
Sanger, City Hall Offices. The City shall have available all the
rights and remedies provided by law for the enforcement of the
collection of taxes levied under this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the tax roll as presented to the City Council,
together with any supplements thereto, are hereby approved.
SECTION 5. That all ordinances of the City of Sanger in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. That should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision
thereof other than the part thereof decided to be unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas,
on Second and Final Reading on the day of.-�_,
2006.
APPROVED:
J`6E HIGGS, MAYOR
ATTESTS A %
ROSAL-IE"-CHAVEZ, CITY SECR7ARY
APP OVED AS TO F M:
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CITY ATTORNEY (69768)
CITY OF SANGEX TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.09-16-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, LEVYING
AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2006 (FISCAL YEAR 2006-
2007), AT THE RATE OF $0.59046 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($100) ASSESSED VALUATION, ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANGER AS
OF JANUARY 1, 2006, TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE PAYMENT
OF CURRENT EXPENSES; PROVIDING FOR AN INTEREST AND
SINKING FUND FOR ALL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF THE CITY OF
SANGER; PROVIDING FOR DUE AND DELINQUENT DATES TO-
GETHER WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST; PROVIDING A RE-
PEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ROSALIE CHAVEZ
CITY SECRETARY