HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 81-61 ORDINANCE NO. <,31— 6
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
25, SECTION 25-20(a) AND 25-20(c) OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCREASE THE
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS OVER
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE AND TO INCREASE
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE
DISABLED; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
THAT Chapter 25, Section 25-20(a) and 25-20(c) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same are hereby
amended to read as follows :
Section 25-20 ( a) From and after January 1, 1981, seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500)
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 25-20 (c) From and after January 1, 1981, seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500. 00)
of the market value of the residence
homestead of any person who is disabled
shall be exempt from all taxation for
city purposes.
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are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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 , 19�.
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