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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />5T ATE OF TEXAS <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE # ~ OlJ~ - ~ l, j, I <br /> <br />COUNTY OF HARRIS <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY TO DEFRAY COSTS OF <br />COLLECTING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES PURSUANT TO TEXAS TAX <br />CODE SECTIONS 33.07 AND 33.08 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, It has Deen and remains the longstanding policy of the CITY OF LA <br />PORTE that the expenses of collecting delinquent taxes owed to the City should not <br />constitute an unfair burden on the general revenue and on the taxpayers who pay on <br />time, and should be borne instead by the delinquent properties and their owners who <br />are responsible for causing such expenses, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the CITY OF LA PORTE, City Council, is authorized by the <br />provisions of Sections 33.07 and 33.08 of the Texas Property Tax Code to impose an <br />additional penalty to defray the costs of collecting delinquent taxes due to the City, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 6.30 of the Texas Property Tax Code have <br />been complied with and an additional penalty of 20% of all delinquent taxes, penalties <br />and interest due and unpaid as of July 1, 2003 to CITY OF LA PORTE is appropriate <br />and needed to defray the delinquent tax collection cost; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that the CITY OF LA <br />PORTE adopts and ratifies the additional twenty (20%) percent penalties to defray the <br />costs of collection of delinquent taxes, as authorized by Texas Tax Code, Sections <br />33.07 and 33.08 and under preceding Texas law, for the 2002 tax year, and for each <br />succeeding year thereafter. <br /> <br />Passed and approved this the _I ~ <br /> <br />daYOf~ <br /> <br /> <br />~fitl!t~ <br /> <br />/ ayor 0 an alone <br /> <br />,2003. <br /> <br />Attested: <br /> <br />Approved: <br /> <br />~a) <br /> <br />City Attorney, Knox Askins <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />