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RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SHERIFF OR A <br />CONSTABLE TO RE -SELL TAX FORECLOSED PROPERTIES IN <br />ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION <br />34.05. <br />WHEREAS, the properties identified in Exhibit "A" (the "Tax Warrant <br />Properties ") are parcels of real property which have been identified as abandoned, are <br />less than one acre in size, and have delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs against <br />them in excess of their appraised value; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 33, Subchapter E, of the Texas Property Tax Code provides <br />a procedure for seizing and selling abandoned real property of less than one acre in size <br />that has delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs against it in excess of its appraised <br />value, by tax warrant; and <br />WHEREAS, if the Tax Warrant Properties are seized and offered for sale at a <br />Tax Sale as authorized by the Texas Property Tax Code, some or all may be bid -off to the <br />City of Paris, rather than sold to a private bidder; and <br />WHEREAS, should any of the Tax Warrant Properties be bid -off to the CITY, <br />the CITY desires that the Tax Warrant Properties be promptly re -sold by public re -sale in <br />accordance with Texas Property Tax Code Subsections 34.05(c) and (d), subject to any <br />remaining rights of redemption and other rights or privileges provided for by law or court <br />order; and <br />WHEREAS, the properties identified in Exhibit "B" (the "Trustee Properties ") <br />are parcels of real property which have previously been bid -off either to the City of Paris <br />or to Lamar County and may be re -sold in accordance with Texas Property Tax Code <br />Subsections 34.05(c) and (d), subject to any remaining rights of redemption and other <br />rights or privileges provided for by law or court order; and <br />WHEREAS, Texas Property Tax Code Subsection 34.05(b) provides that tax <br />properties bid off to a local government may be re -sold at any amount if the re -sale is <br />conducted in accordance with Texas Property Tax Code Subsections 34.05(c) and (d); <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED by the City <br />Council of Paris, Texas, that: <br />Section 1. The Sheriff or a Constable is hereby requested to re -sell the Tax <br />Warrant Properties by public sale in accordance with Texas Property Tax Code <br />Subsections 34.05(b), (c) & (d), to the extent that a Tax Warrant Property is bid -off to the <br />City of Paris, and as otherwise permitted by the Texas Property Tax Code. <br />Section 2. The Sheriff or a Constable is hereby requested to re -sell the Trustee <br />