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SECTION VIII
There is hereby affixed on each and every item of property a lien for the said purpose of securing the certain payment
of the taxes assessed against said item or property and said lien shall continue to exist against any item of property
upon which a tax is assessed hereunder and to such tax, together with all interest and all penalty, shall be paid.

SECTION IX
There is hereby levied and ordered collected an annual occupation tax of twenty-five (25) percent on the State
occupational tax on each and every occupation subject to an occupational tax under the laws of the State of Texas.

SECTION X
Any and all ordinances and resolutions, rules, regulations, policies or provisions in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed and rescinded to the extent of conflict therewith.

SECTION XI
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.

SECTION XII
The necessity of affixing and levying municipal ad valorem taxes of the City for the next fiscal year as required by the
laws of the State of Texas requires that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, and it
is accordingly so ordained.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Benbrook, Tarrant County, Texas, on this 20th
day of September, 2018, at a meeting open to the public after notice thereof being given as required by law.

CITY OF BENBROOK 2018-19 ANNUAL BUDGET
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