09-25-1987 (City Council) Agenda Packet DATE POSTED 9-22-87
AGENDA TIME POSTED 11:30 A.M.
CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1987
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
108 S JACKSON
5:30 P. M.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
ORDER OF PAGE
BUSINESS REFERENCE BUSINESS
1 1 - 2 Consider Approval of Amending
Ordinance 86-83A to provide
for $30,000.00 of the assessed
valuation of residence homesteads
be exempt from Ad Valorem Taxes
for all property owners sixty-five
(65) years of age or older.
2 Adjourn
NOTICE OF A CALLED MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the governing body of the City of
Wylie, will meet in a called session at 5:30 P.M. on the 25th
day of September, 1987 in the Conference Room at City Hall,
108 S. Jackson, in the City of Wylie, for the purpose of
the above agenda.
Caroly es 'ty Secretary
P)STED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1987 AT 11:30 A. M.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, A HOME RULE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE 86-83A
TO PROVIDE THAT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE ASSESSED
VALUATION OF RESIDENCE HOMSESTEADS BE EXEMPT FROM AD VALOREM
TAXES FOR ALL PROPERTY OWNERS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS that ;
SECTION 1 . That thirty thousand dollars ($30 ,000 ) of the
assessed value of residence homesteads as defined
by law of persons who have attained the age of
sixty -five (65) years on or before January 1st of
the year for which the exemption is claimed shall
be exempt from City ad valorem taxes ; 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
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 1st and April
30th of each year, file with the City Tax Assessor
and Collector , on form furnished by the Tax
Assessor-Collector, a sworn inventory of such
property owned on January 1st of each year for
which excemption is claimed, and shall initially
furnish proof of age by certified copy of his or
her birth, then by 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 , which
must be at least five (5) years old , 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
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14 . Church baptismal record
15 . Employment record
16 . Physician' s record
SECTION 3 . SEVERABILITY
If any section , sub-section, paragraph, sentence,
phrase, or clause of this ordinance shall be
declared invalid for any reason whatsoever , such
decision shall not affect the remaining portions
of this ordinance which shall remain in full force
and effect; and to this end the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby declared severable.
SECTION 4 . EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon passage and approval by
the governing body of the City of Wylie .
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE
ON THIS THE DAY OF
, 1987
Chuck Trimble, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carolyn Jones , City Secretary