Ordinance 1997-18
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX RATE AND LEVY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PAYING THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF SAID CITY OF THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND FOR THE FURTHER PURPOSE OF
CREATING A SINKING FUND TO RETIRE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF THE
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR A LIEN ON ALL REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE PAYMENT OF TAXES DUE THEREON;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND
PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council has this date, by way of Ordinance duly passed,
adopted a Budget for operation of the City for fiscal year 1998; and,
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Ordinance anticipates and requires the levy of an ad
valorem tax on tangible taxable property in the City of Wylie; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to levy such an ad valorem tax at a given rate to
generate revenues sufficient to meet projected expenses; and,
WHEREAS, the City has fully and timely complied with all notice and other
requirements relative to the adoption of a tax rate for fiscal year 1998; and,
WHEREAS, notice of the proposed tax rate, as well as the effective tax rate has
been published as required by law and the City has received no formal protest thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE WYLIE,
TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
There is hereby levied for the fiscal year 1998 upon all real property situated within
the corporate limits of said City of Wylie, Texas, and upon all personal property which was
owned within the corporate limits of said City of Wylie, Texas, on the first day of January,
A. D., 1997, except so much thereof as may be exempt by the Constitution of laws of the
State of Texas, a total tax of Sixty-seven and one-half cents (0.6750), on each One
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars of assessed valuation on all of said property which said total
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tax herein so levied shall consist and be comprised of the following components:
a) An ad valorem tax of and at the rate of Fifty and Four Hundred Twenty One
thousandths cents (0.54210) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessed
valuation of said taxable property is hereby levied for the general city purposes and to pay
the current operating expenses of said City of Wylie, Texas, for the fiscal year ending
September, 30, 1998 which tax, when collected shall be appropriated to and for the credit
of the General Fund of said City of Wylie, Texas.
b) An ad valorem tax of and at the rate of Thirteen and two Hundred Ninty
thousandth cents (0.13290) on each One Hundred ($100.00) of assessed valuation of said
taxable property is hereby levied for the purpose of creating an Interest and Sinking Fund
with which to pay the interest and retire the principal of the valid bonded indebtedness,
capital lease payment, and related fees of the City of Wylie, now outstanding and such tax
when collected shall be appropriated and deposited in and to the credit of the Interest and
Sinking Fund of the said City of Wylie, Texas for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998.
SECTION III
The City of Wylie shall have a lien on all taxable property located in the City of
Wylie to secure the payment of taxes, penalty interest, and all costs of collection,
assessed, and levied hereby.
SECTION IV
Taxes are payable in McKinney, Texas at the Office of the Tax-Assessor Collector
of Collin County. The City shall have available all the rights and remedies provided by law
for the enforcement of the collection of taxes levied under this ordinance.
SECTION V
That the tax roll presented to the City Council, together with any supplements
thereto, be and same are hereby accepted and approved.
SECTION VI
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this
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ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than
the part or parts as declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION VII
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the City
Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such
cases.
SECTION VIII
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City
Code not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION IX
The repeal of any ordinance, of parts thereof, by the enactment of this Ordinance, shall
not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such
ordinance; nor shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any
penalty accruing or to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any
section or provisions of any ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
23rd day of September, 1997.
By
ATTEST:
James D. Swartz
Mayor
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(City S~crelary
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TAXLEVY.97
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Covering Wylie, Sacblle, Murphy and the surrounding area
113 W. Oak
P.O. Box 369
Wylie, Texas 75098
(972) 442-5515
Fax (972) 442-4318
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock, of THE WYLIE
NEWS, a newspap~ regularly published in Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin
County, Texas, who being by ~e duly sworn deposed and says that the forgoing attached
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was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit:
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, 1997 and
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, 1997
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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AMY C. LEWIS
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES
September 26. 2001
Notary Public in and for
The State of Texas
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Serving Wideawake Wylie Since 1947
ORDINANCE NO. 97-18
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE
TAX RATE AND LEVY IN AND
FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS, UPON ALL TAXABLE ;
PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF '
WYLIE, TEXAS, FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF PAYING THE CUR-
RFNT EXPENSES OF SAID CTfY
OF '1� FISCAL YF,AI� �lN�'i'
SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND �C?It
THE FURTHER PURPOSE OF
CREATING A SINKING FUND
TO RETIRE THE PRINCIPAL
AND IlV'TEREST OF THE BOND-
ED INDEBTEDNESS OF SAID
CITY; PROVIDING FOR A LIENI
ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SECURE RAY-�
MENT OF TAXES DUE THERE-
ON; CONTAINING A SEVER-
ABILITY CLAUS�; REPEAL1Nli
ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS
THEREOF IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Susan S6uler
City Secretary
City of W�±lie 18-1t-339