83-054 ORD FIXING TAX RATE AND TAX LEVY AND LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR COP FOR 1983

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ORDINANCE N0. 83-054 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX KATE AND THE TAX LEVY, ANll LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 1983, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE SAID CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, IP1 CGNFORMITY GdITH THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY: AND REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWTIH. WHEREAS, the Lamar County Appraisal District as authorized by the Laws of the State of Texas has fixed the value ot all property situated within the City of Paris, Texas subject to ad valarem taxes tor the year 1983, such total valuation being the sum of $368,646,064.00; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with provision of Ordinances passed by the City Council of the City of Paris, Yaris, Texas, property owners over the age ot 65 and disabled Veterans have filed exemptions in the sum of $30,356,228.Uu making a new valuation subject to ad valorem taxes in the sum of $322,125,427.00; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with the provision of the Charter of the City of Paris, Yaris, Texas, the City Manager has heretofore submittecl to the City Council a proposed budget of the revenues ot the City and the expenditures for the conduct of the affairs thereof, providing a complete financial plan for the fiscal year beginning October l, 1983, and ending September 30, 1984; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore, by ordinance a.dopted the budget appropriating from ad valorem taxes the following sums, to-wit: General Fund ~1,400,440.00 N041 THEREFORE, BE iT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That there shall be and is hereby levied tor the year 1983 and ordered to be collected a tax ot $0.47 on each and every ONE HUNDRED UOLLARS ($100.00) of the assessed valuation of all property of every description subject to taxation within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, and that said tax so levied shall be distributed and apportioned as follows: For the payment of CURRENT EXYENSES of the Cit.y Govern- ment ot the City of Paris, on each and every One Hundred Dollars worth of property situated within the corporate limits of the City ot Yaris and sub j ect to taxarion a tax ot (ot which $0.0023 will be for the operation ot the Paris Municipal Band) $ 0.47 Section L. There is also levied and ordered to be collected against each and every person, firm or corporation pursuing and occupation within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, except where levy ot the same is expressly forbidden by general law, and occupation tax and license tax equal to one-half (1/2) of that levied by the State of Texas against such occupation. This provision applies to each and