OR 14 Appoints commissioners to serve as Board of Equalization ORDINANCE NO. 14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, APPOINTING
COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE AS THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION; FIXING
THE TIME FOR TIE MEETING OF SUCH BOARD AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT O~DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
Sect ion 1: That
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are hereby appointed to serve as"t~e Board of Equalization of
the City of Coppell, Texas, in accordance with Article 1048,
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas.
Section 2: That the first meeting of the Equalization
r / day of
Board shall be held at 7L~7~.(~'clock ~>' M. on the ~
/. 1964 to receive all the assessment
li~ts or books of the Tax Assessor of the City, for examination,
correction, equalization, appraisement and for the purpose of
considering any complaints that may be made at that time. In
the event the Equalization Board determines that the values
on the list or on the books of the Tax Assessor shall be
changed, the Board shall make such corrections so that the
values oi such properties is set at the proper figure.
Sect'ion 3: As this will be the examination of the
first tax roll prepared for the City, the Board shall con-
sider their action concerning each property involved as an
increase in valuation and shall, at the close of said first
meeting, adjourn to a date not less than ten (10) nor more
than fifteen (15) days from the date of adjournment, such
date to be iixea in the Order of Adjournment. The Board shall
cause the Secretary of s~id Board to give written notice to
each o~ner of such property of the valuation placed on such
property and that said owner may appear a~ such Second meeting
of the Board of Equalization and show cause why the value of
should not be so valued. Such written notice may be served
by deposi'~ing the same, properly addressed and postage paid,
in the City Post Office or a U. S. Post Office near the City.
Section 4: At such second meeting of the Board of
Equalization, the Secretary of such Board shall make a list
of the name and address of each person wishing to appear
before the Board to show cause why the value of their property
should not be so valued and if by reason of insufiicient time,
the Board is unable to hear all the persons wishing to appear
before the Board, the Board shall, in its Order of Adjourn-
ment, fix a date for a third meeting to hear the complaints
of those the Board was unable to reach at the second meeting.
The Board of Equalization shall meet and hear the complaint of
any person who may file with said Board at any time before final
action of said Board, a complaint as to the assessment of his
or any other person's property. At such hearings, said com-
plaintant shall have the right to have witnesses summoned
and the Secretary of said Board shall keep a record of those
appearing before the Board, the property involved and the
action taken by the Board with regard to same.
Section 5: The City Secretary of the City of Coppell,
Tex~s, shall act as the Secretary of the Board of Equalization,
however, should the City Secretary be unable to serv~ the
Board of Equalization may appoint an ex-0fficio Secretary
to serve in this position.
Section 8: Before the Board of Equalization enters
upon its duties, it shall be sworn to faithfully and im-
partially discharge all duties incumbent upon it by law as
such Board.
Section 7: The fact that the'Statutes of the
State of Texas require that an Ordinance be passed fixing
the time of the meeting of the Equalization Board for the
City of Coppell and the fact that it is necessary that said
Equalization Board meet in the immediate future, creates an
urgency and an emergency and requires that this Ordinance
take effect immediately from and after its passage.
PASSED by the
Texas, on the ~/',',~jday of
City Council of the
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ATTEST:
City of Coppell,
, 1964.
Mayor
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City Secretary