Resolution 81-82-11-01
RESOLUTION 81-82-11-1
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY TO DEFRAY COST OF COLLECTION
OF DELINQUENT TAXES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas is
under the opinion that expenses of collection of said delinquent
taxes should be borne by the delinquent properties and their owners
who are responsible for causing such expenses, and
WHEREAS, Section 33.07 of the Texas Property Tax Code provides
for the assessment of said penalty to defray the costs of collection
of delinquent taxes, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. Whenever any accounts for delinquent taxes owed
the City of Wyliearegiven to itls tax attorney for collection, on
or after June 1 of the year they become delinquent, the City of Wylie,
Texas shall be entitled to, and shall collect, an additional penalty
of fifteen per cent (15%) of the delinquent taxes and penalty, in-
cluding any interest owed to the City, due on each delinquent property
at the time of collection, either before or after suit and before or
after foreclosure sale, as provided by Section 33.07 of the Texas
Property Tax Code.
Section 2. In addition to the collection expenses provided
for in Section 1 above, the City of Wylie, Texas shall be entitled to
collect the actual expenses incurred by the City of Wylie, Texas and
providing all data and information as to the name, identity, and
location of necessary parties and the legal description of property
necessary to the filing of any suit for delinqent taxes.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON THIS, THE
OF November , A.D. 1981.
10th
DAY
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