Ord. 0243-1 ResearchORDINANCE NO. 243-1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, SECTION 28-6, ENTITLED
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION~ OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, BY ADDING AND DELETING SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS THERETO; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING
TO SAID AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 28, Section 28-6 entitled Homestead Exemption of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Pearland, Texas, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28-6. Homestead Exemption.
(a) From and after January 1, 1981, Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
and No/~lO0 ($12,500.00) Dollars of the Assessed Value of residence homesteads
of ~O~s who have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years or older, shall
be exempt from all taxation; 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 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.
(b) In order to secure the benefit of the above exemption, the
owner or owners must file with the City Tax Assessor and Collector, between
January 1st and April 1st of each
owned on January 1st of each year
initially furnish proof of age by
or, if such person does not have
of two persons at least five (5)
actual knowledge of the date and
copy of any two of the following
years old, to wit:
year, a sworn inventory of such property
for which the exemption is claimed, and shall
certified copy of his or her birth certificate
a certificate of birth, them by the affidavit
years older than the exemption claimant with
place of birth and by the original or certified
documents, which must be at least five (5)
1. Social Security record,
2. Federal census record,
3. State census record,
4. Own child's birth certificate,
5. Original birth notice in newspaper,
6. School record,
7. Insurance policy, ~
8. Lodge record,
9. Military record,
10. Passport,
ll. Marriage record,
12. Hospital record,
13. Voter's registration record,
14. Church baptismal record,
15. Employment record, and
16. Physician's record.
II.
All provisions of Ordinances in conflict with this amendment are
hereby expressly repealed to the'extent of such conflict.
III.
It is the intention of the City Council that this amendment when
passed and approved, shall become incorporated in and be a part of the Code of
Ordinance of the City of Pearland, Texas.
IV.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from a~d-after
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~ secon~ an~ final re,ding,~-~v/~-~-~z~/~~
PASSED and APPROVED on FIRST READING at a regular sesssion of the
City Council this day of , A. D. 198~
ATTEST:
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:
Mayor
City Secretary
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second and final
session of the City Council this day of
reading at a regular
, A. D. 19q~)
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney