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ORDR ANCE NO._
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 34-4.1
OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT PRDVIDING FOR A $7500.
HOMESTEAD EMM -TION FOR PERSONS OVER SIXTY-
FIVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TBE 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:
Section 34-4.1: HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS OVER SIXTY-FIVE.
From and after January 1, 1978, Seven
Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 ($7,500.00)
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 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.
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
initially furnish proof of age by certified
copy of his or her birth certificate or, if
such personddoes not have a certificate of
birth, then by the affidavit of two persons
at least five (5) years older than the exemp-
tion claimant with actual knowledge of the
date and place of birth and by the original
or certified copy of any two (2) of the fol-
lowing 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) .
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'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 or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASS��E//D,, BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the qday ofZLA r #I A At^-)
, 1978.
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