RE 06-22-82 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL
RESOLUTION NO. 062282
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exempt from ad valorem taxes,
$48,000 of the assessed value of resident homesteads of persons 65 years
of age or older, as provided by the Constitutional Amendment adopted by the
voters of the State of Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exempt from ad valorem taxes,
$10,000 of the assessed value of resident homesteads of persons qualified
under the Social Security Disability Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exempt from ad valorem taxes, up
to $2,500 of the assessed value of resident homesteads of persons qualified
under the Veterans Administration Disability Act; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL:
SECTION 1. That Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000.00) of the
assessed value of resident homesteads of persons sixty-five (65) years of
age or older, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of the assessed value of
resident homesteads of persons qualified under the Social Security Disability
Act, and up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) of the assessed
value of resident homesteads of persons qualified under the Veterans Admini-
stration Act, shall be exempt from City of Coppell ad valorem taxes when taxes
are levied for the year 1982, and all subsequent levies, upon the owner"s
compliance with the following requirements:
(a) That, if requesting exemption because of age, the owner of the
resident homestead, or one of the spouses if the resident homestead is owned
by a married couple, shall be sixty-five (65) years of age or older as of
January 1, of each tax year, beginning with 1982.
(b) That, if requesting exemption under the Social Security Disability
Act, the owner of the resident homestead, or one of the spouses if the
resident homestead is owned by a married couple, shall be qualified under the
Social Security Disability Act as of January l, of each tax year, beginning
with 1982.
(c) That, if requesting exemption under the Veterans Administration
Disability Act, the owner of the resident homestead, or one of the spouses
if the resident homestead is owned by a married couple, shall be qualified
under the Veterans Administration Disability Act as of January 1, of each
tax year, beginning with 1982.
(d) The owner of a resident homestead shall submit to the Assessor
and Collector of Taxes for the City, before April 1st of each year, an
affidavit that the owner or one of the spouses if the resident homestead
is owned by a married couple, is, sixty-five (65) years of age or older, or
qualified under the Social Security Disability Act or the Veterans Ad-
ministration Disability Act. The initial exemption claim for over sixty-
five (65) shall be accompanied by adequate proof of such age, but subsequent
renewals of the exemption may be by affidavit only.
SECTION 2. That any person who makes a false affidavit in claiming
the homestead exemption shall be subject to all penalties which exist for
the lack of payments of taxes, and all other appropriate criminal penal ties.
SECTION 3. That this resolution shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the
State of Texas, and it }s accordingly so resolved.
~ d~r6w~'APPROVED: ,~'--~ ,,,
Dorothy Timmon~ City Se~/retary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lawrence W. Jackson, City Attorney