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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1565 <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 current fiscal year <br /> <br />beginning October 1, 1987, and ending September 30, 1988, on all real property <br /> <br />situated and all personal property owned within the taxable limits of the said <br /> <br />City of La Porte, on the first day of January, 1987, except so much as may be <br /> <br />exempt under the constitution and laws of the United States, this State, and the <br /> <br />City of La Porte, the following taxes: <br /> <br />(1) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of four four point seven cents <br />($.447) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated <br />in lawful currency of the United States for the current expenses for the <br />support, maintenance, and improvement of the City Government of said City of <br />La Porte; and <br /> <br />(2) An Ad Valorem Tax of and at the rate of two one point three cents <br />($.213) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated <br />in lawful currency of the United States, to pay current interest on and <br />provide one year's sinking fund and to pay all of the principal and interest <br />accruing on all outstanding general obligation bonds and certificates of <br />obligation lawfully issued by the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />That this provides the sum of total Ad Valorem tax at the rate of sixty-six <br /> <br />cents ($.66) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) cash value thereof, estimated <br /> <br />in lawful currency of the United States. <br /> <br />Section 2. All property upon which a rate of taxation is hereinabove levied <br /> <br />shall be assessed on a ratio of one hundred percent (100%) of the estimated <br /> <br />market value thereof. <br /> <br />Section 3. That the sums hereinafter accruing and collected from the <br /> <br />hereinabove taxes so levied be and the same are hereby appropriated for the <br /> <br />support, maintenance, and improvement of the City Government of the City of La <br /> <br />Porte. <br /> <br />Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and <br /> <br />declares that all notices required by law have been published, and that a public <br /> <br />hearing as required by law was duly called and held, and that all matters <br /> <br />prerequisite to the establishment and levy of an ad valorem tax have been <br /> <br />accomplished, all as required by the laws of the State of Texas, and the Home <br /> <br />Rule Charter of the City of La Porte. <br />