R-2016-088 2016-05-23 RESOLUTION NO. R2016-88
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
approving a request of the Brazoria County Tax Office to waive the
penalty and interest on delinquent taxes for property account # 0212-
001-006.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That pursuant to the request of the Brazoria County Tax Office, the
penalty and interest on delinquent taxes for property account# 0212-001-006 are hereby
waived.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 23rd day of May. A.D.. 2016.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
Resolution No. R2016-88
From: rovina(a brazoria-countv.com
To: CAlbrecht(a alvincollege.edu;5wilsonC@alvinisd.net;Cynthia Pearson;mybdd4(&swbell.net
Subject: RE:Waiver of Penalty and interest request
Date: Monday,April 25,2016 5:58:14 PM
Subject: Waiver of Penalty and interest request
Dear Taxing Entities:
A taxpayer recently received a waiver of penalty and interest on delinquent taxes from Brazoria
County.As the amount of penalty and interest waived for each of your jurisdictions is greater than
amount allowed to rest on the commissioners court action, I am requesting you take action
independently as to the penalty and interest paid to your jurisdiction for this delinquency.
The account number in question is 0212-0001-006, a real property account.
Section 33.011 of the property tax code allows the governing body of a taxing unit to waive penalty
and interest on delinquent taxes if they believe an error occurred on the part of the appraisal
district or tax office that caused failure to pay timely. Further, the tax code requires the tax due to
be paid within 21 days of knowing it is delinquent and it has not been delinquent for more than 180
days. Taxpayer is compliant with the latter provisions.
It has been formally documented an error occurred on the part of the appraisal district in this case.
The appraisal district,for unknown reasons, changed the address(contact information)for billing
purposes to an unknown and incorrect address without request or authorization by the tax payer.
Consequently, taxpayer never received a tax bill due to this error. A bill was sent the moment the
error was rectified, but the tax was already in delinquent status. Taxpayer formally requests a
waiver of penalty and interest paid due to appraisal district error causing failure to pay timely. The
account is paid in full and a waiver, if granted,will result in a refund to taxpayer. This office will
facilitate any refund generated.
Amounts requested per jurisdiction:
Alvin ISD $15,219.89
Alvin College $ 1,892.44
Brazoria DD#4 $ 1,675.59
City of Pearland $ 7,648.61
Please place the request as pertains to your jurisdiction on your next agenda for consideration. If
you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Thanks
Ro'Vin
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Ro'Vin Garrett, PCC
Brazoria County Tax Assessor-Collector
111 E Locust
Angleton,Texas 77515
Ph: 979-864-1838
Fax:979-864-1346
roving'brazoria-county.com
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