RE 08-26-808-26-80
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL
R. # 082680
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exempt from ad valorem taxes,
$15,000.O0 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 Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) 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 home-
steads of persons qualified under the Veterans Administration Act, shall be
exempt from City of Coppell ad valorem taxes when taxes are levied for the year
1980, 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 1980.
(b) That, if requesting exemption under tile 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 1, of each tax year, beginning with 1980.
(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 1980.
(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 affi-
davit 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 Administration Dis-
ability 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 penalties.
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 is accordingly so resolved.
APPROVED:
Andrew Brown, Jr., Mayor
DULY ENROLLED:
Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lawrence W. Jackson, City Attorney
Approved 8-26-80