HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-80 ORDINANCE NO. ! Z
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25,
SECTION 25-20(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMP'T'ION FOR
PERSONS OVER SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABITITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT Chapter 25, Section 25-20(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 25-20(a) From and after January 1, 1979, ten thousand dollars
($10,000) of the assessed taxable value of all
residence homesteads of married or unmarried adults,
male or female, including those living alone, who are
age sixty-five (65) or over, shall be exempt from all
taxation for all city purposes; provided, however,
that where the ad valorem tax has heretofore been
pledged for a payment of any debt the taxing officers
of the city shall have the authority to continue to
levy and collect the tax against the homestead property
at the same rate as the tax so pledged until the debt
is discharged if the cessation of the levy would
impair the obligation of the contract by which the debt
was created.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of
persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
day of 1979.
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