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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ASKINS & ARMSTRONG. P. C. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />702 W. F"AIRMONT PARKWAY <br />P.O. BOX 1218 <br />LA PORTE. TEXAS 77572-1218 <br /> <br />KNOX W. ASKINS <br />.JOHN D. ARMSTRONG <br /> <br />CLARK T. ASKINS <br /> <br />TELEPHONE 281 471-1886 <br />TELECOPIER 281 471-2047 <br />KWASKINS@AOL.COM <br />.JOHN-A@SWBELL.NET <br />CTASKINSlsWBELL.NET <br /> <br />January 29, 2004 <br /> <br />Hon. Norman Malone, Mayor <br />City of La Porte <br /> <br />Hon. James Warren, City Councilperson District 4 <br />city of La Porte <br /> <br />~. Debra Brooks Feazelle, City Manager <br />City of La Porte <br /> <br />Ms. Kathy Powell, Tax Assessor/Collector <br />city of La Porte <br /> <br />l.;~~ ~' (";'~~ F~ ,i .\ l :f.::~ r.'~~~ <br />;l.I~I~l!oi' ...',:-....1.1.. .'.. <br />. .... '. -.":" ,~r.:: '" ';'"!'"~....#>. <br /> <br />JAM 9 0 2(l1l~ <br /> <br />Dear Folks: <br /> <br />~ iT'" r.!! .~ :;. '{ i; .~,. 9..' .,...., ., <br />~."" ..' P~!li''\1''-l,,", 1,:; ~:;' ['j .:::, <br />OFFiCE <br /> <br />Ms. Willie Mae Tyler and' Ms. Norene Swanagan, representing the <br />Eastern star, came by my office concerning the delinquent taxes on <br />their Eastern. Star bui~ding on North 5th street, which taxes they <br />indicated total. about $14,000.00. . They are receiving <br />correspondence and phone calls from the City's delinquent tax <br />attorney. <br /> <br />The ladies inform me that the Eastern Star has been active in La <br />. Porte for many years, and that the Texas Historical Commission <br />placed.a Texas Historfcal Landmark'on the building in about 1988. <br />Presently, the Eastern star has about 16 members. <br /> <br />I told the ladies that property owned by lodges and clubs generally <br />are not exempt from ad. valorem tax. I did note that the <br />Legislature, in 1979, passed section 11.24, Historic Sites, in the <br />Texas Tax Code, which. gives taxing agencies the power to exempt <br />from taxation, land and buildings designated as a Recorded Texas <br />Historical Landmark. This exemption would not be retroactive. <br /> <br />I further advised the ladies to contact Ms. Kathy .Powell, to see if <br />they could work out a monthly payment arrangement on the delinquent <br />taxes. <br /> <br />KWA: sw <br /> <br /> <br />. .... -, <br />Yours .yery ~~?ly, <br />',/'1 l j <br />".!t. . j//. f./ .. <br />~ . t,,'/J'-t./ f af,- <br />, ' .L ../,\l,.< ._ <br />t.J'" . . ~ .~ -- <br />Knox W. . ASK1ns <br />.City Attorney <br />city of La Porte <br /> <br />!11A 1; J- (~V)\A/h j\[{61 ? <br />