HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-04ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 34-4.1
OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT PROVIDING THAT PROOF OF AGE
UNDER OATH MUST BE MADE ONLY ONCE IN ORDER TO
CLAIM THE FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($5,000.00)
DOLLAR EXEMPTION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section 34-4.1 of Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
34-4.1:, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS OVER
SIXTY-FIVE.
From and after,January 1, 1976, Five Thousand
and No/100 ($5,000.00), Dollars 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 tax-
ation 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 autho-
rity 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 dis-
charged, if the cessation of the levy would im-
pair the obligation of the contract by which
the debt was created.
In order to secure the benefit of the exemption,
the owner shall once, at any time prior to and
including the last day that current taxes may
be paid without penalty, render his homestead
with the City Tax Assessor and Collector, and
inventory of such property owned, and shall ini-
tially 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 ac-
tual knowledge of the date�and place of birth
and by the original or certified copy of any two
(2) 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 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 in no wise 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.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
day of , 1976.
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