Ord. 1206A 03-21-05ORDINANCE NO. 1206A
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 28, TAXATION, SECTION
28-1.1.(a), HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF THE PEARLAND CODE OF
ORDINANCES, BY INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTIONS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE DISABLED OR
65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A SAVINGS CLAUSE; A REPEALER
CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section1. That Section 28-1.1.(a), Homestead Exemption of the Pearland Code
of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) From and after January 1, 2006, forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) of the
assessed value of residence homesteads of the owner or owners who have attained the
age of sixty-five (65) years or older or who are under a disability for purposes of
payment of disability insurance benefits under Federal Old -Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance or its successor, shall be exempt from all taxation as authorized by
V.T.C.A., Tax Code, § 11.13; provided, however, that where the ad valorem tax has
heretofore been pledged for the payment of any debt, the taxing officers of the city shall
have the authority to continue to levy and collect the tax against the homestead property
at the same rate as the tax so pledged until the debt is discharged if the cessation of the
levy would impair the obligation of the contract by which the debt was created."
Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to regulate taxes inures to the benefit of the public and, therefore, bears
directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall
be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance to be
read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived.
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Section 3. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section5. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's
official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 7. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause
this Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of
the City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then
become effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its
caption and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on FIRST and ONLY Reading this the 21st
day of March
, A.D., 2005.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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KEISHA CANNON-SCOTT
DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING
March 21, 2005
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Cole, Marcott, Viktorin,
Owens, and Tetens.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: April 6, 2005
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 2005
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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Senior Citizen
Disabled Person
Total New Revenue
Reduction
Impact on Tax Rate*
Current Reduction
In Revenue
$362,488
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Projected Reduction Additional Reduction
in Revenue in Revenue
$579,981
59,749
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Randy Emmons, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in THE REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
circulation in Brazoria, Harris & Galveston Counties, for / issues, as follows:
No / Date
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Published April 6, 2005
ORDINANCE NO. 1206A
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 28, TAXATION,
SECTION 28-1.1.(a),
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
OF THE PEARLAND
CODE OF ORDINANCES,
BY INCREASING THE
RESIDENTIAL HOME-
STEAD EXEMPTIONS
FOR PROPERTY OWN-
ERS WHO ARE DISABLED
OR 65 YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE
OF ALL ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A SEVER -
ABILITY CLAUSE; A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE; A
REPEALER CLAUSE;
DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
PASSED and APPROVED
ON the FIRST AND ONLY
READING this the 21st
day of March, A. D., 2005.
/s/ Tom Reid
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Lakeisha Cannon -Scott
Deputy City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Darrin M. Coker
City Attorney
VOTING RECORD FIRST
AND ONLY READING
March 21, 2005
Voting "Aye" - Councilmem-
bers Cole, Marcott, Viktorin,
Owens and Tetens.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE:
APRIL 6, 2005
EFFECTIVE DATE:
APRIL 16, 2005
PUBLISHED AS
REQUIRED BY SECTION
3.10 OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS.