HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 75-55ORDINANCE NO. %5-55_,
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES THAT NOT
LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND AND N0/100 ($5,000.00)
DOLLARS OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF RESIDENCE HOME-
STEADS OF ALL PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER BE EXEMPTED FROM AD VALOREM TAXES
UNDER.CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 1-b of the Texas Constitution
has been amended to provide that political subdivisions of the State may
exempt not less than Three Thousand and No/100 ($3,000.00) Dollars of the
value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five (65) years of
aae or older from ad valorem taxes under certain conditions; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont wishes to
grant the benefits of an exemption pursuant to said Constitutional Amend-
ment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Se'cti'on '1.
From and after January 1, 1975, Five Thousand and No/100
($5,000.00). Dollars of the assessed taxable value of all residence home-
steads of married or unmarried adults, male or female, including -those
living alone, shall be exempt from all taxation for all City purposes,
provided, however, that where the ad valorem tax has heretofore been
pledged for the 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.
In order to secure the benefit of the exemption, the owner shall,
between January 1 and April 30 of each year, render'his homestead with
the City Tax Assessor and Collector by filing under oath, on forms fur-
nished by the Tax Assessor and Collector, an inventory of such property
owned on .January 1st of each year for which the exemption is claimed,
and shall initially furnish proof of age by certified copy of his or
her birth certificate or, if such person does not have a certificate
of birth, then by the affidavit of two persons at least five (5) years
older than the exemption claimant with actual knowledge of the date and
place of birth and by the original or certified copy of any two of the
following documents, to wit:
1. Social Security record,
2. Federal Census record,
3. State Census record,
4. Own child's birth certificate,
5. Original birth notice in newspaper,
6. School record,
7. Insurance policy,
8. Lodge record,
9. Military record,
10. Passport,
11. Marriage record,
12. Hospital record,
13. Voter's registration record,
14. Church baptismal record,
15. Employment record,
16. Physician's record,
17. Driver's License, and
18. Health insurance card (Medi -Care).
Section 3.
The provisions of this ordinance shall be effective from and
after January 1, 1975.
Section 4.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance or the application of same to a particular person, or to
a particular set of circumstances, should for any reason be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall in no way affect -he remaining portions
of this ordinance, and to such end, the various portions and provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
Zi1d day ofC�� 1975.
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