07-B 2007 Certified Appraisal Roll
~Action
CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REQUEST
MEETING DATE: I August 13, 2007
D Discussion ~Information DRefer to:
SUBMITTED BY:
I Gene Anderson, Director of Finance
DESCRIPTION:
Comparison information on the 2007 and 2006 Appraisal Roles.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Section 26.04 of the Property Tax Code requires the city tax assessor to submit to
the city council certain information about the appraisal roll for the ensuing fiscal
year. The attached report shows that information.
FISCAL AUTHORITY:
Information only.
LEGAL REVIEW:
I
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION:
CERTIFICATION OF THE 2007 APPRAISAL
ROLL FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
I, W. E. Anderson, Tax Assessor for the City of Paris, in accordance with Article 26.04
of the Texas Property Tax Code do solemnly swear that the following constitutes the
2007 appraisal roll for the City of Paris, Texas.
Certified Roll Certified Roll Change
2007 2006
Total Market Value $ 1,854,972,585 $ 1,768,827,176 $ 86,145,409
Total Assessed Value $ 1,837,561,487 $ 1,752,914,192 $ 84,647,295
Total Taxable Value $ 1,419,106,196 $ 1,352,292,368 $ 66,813,828
Number of Accounts $ 16,121 $ 16,160 $ (39)
Total Taxable Value
On New Property $ 31,225,400 $ 285,436,186 $ (254,210,786)
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July 26, 2007
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, ACKNOWLEDGING FORMAL RECEIPT OF THE 2007
CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLL FOR TAX APPRAISAL PURPOSES;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, State law obligates the chief appraiser of each appraisal district to certify an
official tax roll to the taxing units within the appraisal district's jurisdiction; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with said State law, the Chief Appraiser for the Lamar County
Appraisal District has presented to the City of Paris a Certified 2007 Appraisal Roll listing property
taxable by the City of Paris as the official appraisal roll for the City of Paris as attested thereto by
the Chief Appraiser; and,
WHEREAS, the City Finance Officer, as the Tax Assessor/Collector for the City of Paris,
likewise certified the same appraisal roll to the City Council for approval and acceptance on July 17,
2007 thereby establishing the basis for the City's 2007-2008 Budget and the assessed tax revenue
anticipated in support of said budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. That the 2007 Appraisal Roll, as certified by the Finance Director of the City of
Paris, in his role as Tax Assessor/Collector for the City of Paris, and as previously certified to the
City of Paris by the Chief Appraiser of the Lamar County Appraisal District, a copy of which such
certification is hereby attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby, acknowledged and
received as the official 2007 Certified Appraisal Roll for the City of Paris, Paris, Texas.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of August, 2007.
Jesse James Freelen, Mayor
CERTIFICATION OF THE 2007 APPRAISAL
ROLL FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
I, W. E. Anderson, Tax Assessor for the City of Paris, in accordance with Article 26.04
of the Texas Property Tax Code do solemnly swear that the following constitutes the
2007 appraisal roll for the City of Paris, Texas.
Certified Roll Certified Roll Change
2007 2006
Total Market Value $ 1,854,972,585 $ 1,768,827,176 $ 86,145,409
Total Assessed Value $ 1,837,561,487 $ 1,752,914,192 $ 84,647,295
Total Taxable Value $ 1,419,106,196 $ 1,352,292,368 $ 66,813,828
Number of Accounts $ 16,121 $ 16,160 $ (39)
Total Taxable Value
On New Property $ 31,225,400 $ 285,436,186 $ (254,210,786)
EXHIBIT A