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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 98- 2277 <br /> <br />ORIGiNAL <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES UPON TAXABLE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN AND SUBJECT TO <br />TAXATION IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUPPORT. <br />MAINTENANCE. AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF SAID CITY OF LA PORTE; <br />FINDING THAT ALL REQUIRED NOTICES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND ALL REQUIRED HEARINGS <br />HELD; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> <br />Section 1. That there is hereby levied for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and ending September <br />30, 1999, on all real property situated and all personal property owned within the taxable limits of the said <br />City of La Porte. on the first day of January, 1998. except so much as may be exempt under the constitution <br />and laws of the United States, this State, and the City of La Porte, the following taxes: <br /> <br />(1) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of fifty-seven cents ($.57) on the one hundred dollars <br />($100.00) cash value thereof. estimated in lawful currency of the United States for the current <br />expenses for the support, maintenance, and improvement of the City Government of said <br />City of La Porte; and <br /> <br />(2) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of fourteen cents ($.14) on the one hundred dollars <br />($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated in lawful currency of the United States. to pay <br />current interest on and provide one year's sinking fund and to pay all of the Principal and <br />Interest accruing on all outstanding general obligation bonds and certificates of obligation <br />lawfully issued by the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />That this provides the sum of total Ad Valorem tax at the rate of seventy-one cents ($.71) on the one <br />hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated in lawful currency of the United States. <br /> <br />Section 2. All property upon which a rate of taxation is hereinabove levied shall be assessed on a ratio of <br />one hundred percent (100%) of the estimated market value thereof. <br /> <br />Section 3. That the sums hereinafter accruing and collected from the hereinabove taxes so levied be and <br />the same are hereby appropriated for the support, maintenance. and improvement of the City Government <br />of the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />Section 4. The City Council officially finds. determines, recites and dedares that all notices required by law <br />have been published, and that a public hearing as required by law was duly called and held. and that all <br />matters prerequisite to the establishment and levy of an ad valorem tax have been accomplished, all as <br />required by the laws of the State of Texas. and the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />Section 5. If any section, sentence, phrase, dause, or any part of any section, sentence. phrase, or clause, <br />of this Ordinance shall, for any reason. be held invalid. such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions <br />of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each <br />section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section. sentence, <br />phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. <br />
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