OR 2007-1182 Levying taxes for the year 2007
ORDINANCE NO. ~Q '1-// Rz.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, LEVYING THE AD
VALOREM TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2007 AT A RATE OF .64146 PER ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY AS OF
JANUARY 1, 2007; TO PROVIDE AN INTEREST AND SINKING FUND ON ALL
OUTSTANDING DEBTS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR DUE AND
DELINQUENT DATES TOGETHER WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby levied for the year 2007 on all taxable property, real,
personal and mixed, situated within the limits of the City of Coppell, Texas, and not exempt by the
Constitution of the State and valid State laws, a tax of .64146 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100)
assessed value oftaxable property, and shall be apportioned and distributed as follows:
a) For the PURPOSE of defraying the current expenses of the municipal government of the
City, a tax of $.47616 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) assessed value of all taxable property. THIS
TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST
YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL LOWER TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $6.62.
b) For the PURPOSE of creating a sinking fund to pay the interest and principal on all
outstanding bonds of the City, not otherwise provided for, a tax of $.16530 on each One Hundred Dollars
($100) assessed value of all taxable property, within the City which shall be applied to the payment of such
interest and maturities of all outstanding bonds.
SECTION 2. That all ad valorem taxes shall become due and payable on October 1,2007 and all
ad valorem taxes for the year shall become delinquent after January 31, 2008. There shall be no discount
for payment of taxes prior to said January 31, 2008. A delinquent tax shall incur all penalty and interest
authorized by law (Section 33.01, et seq., Texas Property Tax Code), to wit: a penalty of six percent ofthe
amount of the tax for the first calendar month it is delinquent plus one percent for each additional month or
portion of a month the tax remains unpaid prior to July 1 of the year in which it becomes delinquent.
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Provided, however, a tax delinquent on July 1, incurs a total penalty of twelve percent of the
amount of the delinquent tax without regard to the number of months the tax has been delinquent. A
delinquent tax shall also accrue interest at a rate of one per cent for each month or portion of a month the
tax remains unpaid. An additional penalty on delinquent personal property taxes for tax years 2006 and
subsequent years is hereby authorized and imposed as provided by Section 33.11. TEXAS PROPERTY
TAX CODE, in the amount of20% of the delinquent tax, penalty and interest if tax becomes delinquent on
February 1 of a year and remains delinquent on the 60th day thereafter. Taxes that remain delinquent on July
1, 2008, incur an additional penalty not to exceed twenty percent of the amount of taxes, penalty, and
interest due; such additional penalty is to defray costs of collection due to contract with the City's Attorney
pursuant to Section 6.30 and Section 33.07 of the Property Tax Code, as amended. Taxes for the year 2008
and taxes for all future years that remain delinquent on or after June 1 under Texas Property Tax Code
Sections 26.07(f), 26.15(e), 31.03, 31.031, 31.032 or 31.04 incur an additional penalty in an amount not to
exceed twenty percent (20%) of taxes, penalty and interest due, pursuant to Texas Property Tax code
Section 6.30 and Section 33.08, as amended.
SECTION 3. Taxes are payable in Coppell, Texas, at the office of the Tax Assessor/Collector.
The City shall have available all rights and remedies provided by law for the enforcement of the collection
of taxes levied under this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the tax rolls, as presented to the City Council together with any supplement
thereto, be, and the same are hereby approved.
SECTION 5. The fact that it is necessary that this ordinance be enacted in order to authorize the
collection of ad valorem taxes for the year 2007, this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage
as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED and adopted by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 11 th day of
September 2007.
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