HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1983-057 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 83-57
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, PRO-
VIDING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS FOR PERSONS SIXTY-FNE
(65) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING
OF AFFIDAVITS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTNE DATE.
tiVHEREAS, Section 11.13 of the Property Tax Code permits the City to
I e�cempt not less than $3,000 of the assessed value of residence homesteads of
married or unmarried persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older from all ad
' valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Cit Council of the Cit of Gra evine, Texas, desires to
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exempt from all ad valorem taxes �10,000 of the assessed value of said
homesteads.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That pursuant to section 11.13 of the Property Tax Code of
the State of Texas, �10,000 of the assessed value of any residence homestead of
any married or unmarried male or female person, including those living alone,
who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older, shall be exempt from all City ad -
valorem taxes for the tax year 1983, and all subsequent levies, upon the owner's
compliance with the following requirements:
(a.) The owner of the residence homestead, or one of the spouses
residing thereat, if the residence homestead is owned by a married couple,
shall have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years or older as of January
1, of each tax year, beginning with 1983.
(b) The owner of the residence homestead claiming exemption set out
herein shall submit to the Assessor and Collector of taxes for the City an
affidavit that the owner or one of the spouses, if the r.esidence homestead
is owned by a married couple, is sixty-five (65) year of age or older and.
was as of January 1. of the tax year. The initial exemption claim shall
be accomplished by adequate proof of such age, but subsequent renewals
of the exemption may be by affidavit only.
Section 2� Any person who makes a false affidavit in claiming the
homestead exemption declared herein shall be subject to all penalties which exist
for the lack of payment of taxes, and such exemption shall be cancelled and
withdrawn for the tax year claimed, and all other appropriate criminal penalties
shall be applicable.
Sec�ion 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption as the law and charter in such
cases provide.
PASSED AND APPRQVED on the 1 �th day of ��tember , 1983.
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Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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