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ORDINANCE NO.MLL L - 5
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<br />AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES UPON TAXABLE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN AND
<br />SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS
<br />FOR SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF SAID
<br />CITY OF LA PORTE; FINDING THAT ALL REQUIRED NOTICES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND
<br />ALL REQUIRED HEARINGS HELD; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
<br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND
<br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE
<br />Section 1. That there is hereby levied for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014, and ending
<br />September 30, 2015, on all real property situated and all personal property owned within the taxable
<br />limits of the said City of La Porte, on the first day of January, 2014, except so much as may be
<br />exempt under the constitution and laws of the United States, this State, and the City of La Porte, the
<br />following taxes:
<br />(1) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of sixty and five tenths cents ($.605) on the
<br />one hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated in lawful currency of the
<br />United States for the current expenses for the support, maintenance, and
<br />improvement of the City Government of said City of La Porte; and
<br />(2) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of ten and five tenths cents ($.105) on the one
<br />hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated in lawful currency of the
<br />United States, to pay current interest on and provide one year's sinking fund and to
<br />pay all of the Principal and Interest accruing on all outstanding general obligation
<br />bonds and certificates of obligation lawfully issued by the City of La Porte.
<br />That this provides the sum of total Ad Valorem tax at the rate of seventy-one cents ($.71) on the one
<br />hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated in lawful currency of the United States.
<br />Section 2. All property upon which a rate of taxation is hereinabove levied shall be assessed on a
<br />ratio of one hundred percent (100%) of the estimated market value thereof.
<br />Section 3. That the sums hereinafter accruing and collected from the hereinabove taxes so levied
<br />be and the same are hereby appropriated for the support, maintenance, and improvement of the
<br />City Government of the City of La Porte.
<br />Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that all notices required
<br />by law have been published, and that a public hearing as required by law was duly called and held,
<br />and that all matters prerequisite to the establishment and levy of an ad valorem tax have been
<br />accomplished, all as required by the laws of the State of Texas, and the Home Rule Charter of the
<br />City of La Porte.
<br />Section 5. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or
<br />clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
<br />remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City
<br />Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of
<br />the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
<br />Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
<br />extent of such conflict only.
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