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CITY OF FOREST HILL

ORDINANCE NO. 2019-22

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FOREST HILL, TEXAS RATIFYING THE
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020
BUDGET; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, Section 102.007 of the Texas Local Government Code provides in part that
the adoption of a budget that will raise more revenue from property taxes than in the
previous year requires a separate vote of the governing body to ratify the property tax
increase reflected in the budget; and

WHEREAS, Section 102.007 of the Texas Local Government Code requires that this
ratification be in addition to and separate from the vote to adopt the budget or a vote to
set the tax rate required by Chapter 26, Tex. Tax Code, or other law; and

WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget, as adopted, will raise more revenue from
property taxes than in the previous year, and the City Council desires by adoption of this
Ordinance to ratify the property tax increase reflected in the City's Fiscal Year 2019-
2020 Annual Budget.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FOREST HILL, TEXAS:

Section 1. The Forest Hill City Council, as the governing body of the City of Forest Hill,
Texas, having adopted the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 annual Budget that will raise more
revenue from property taxes than in the previous year, hereby ratifies the property tax
increase reflected in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 annual Budget.

Section 2. The above and foregoing premises are true and correct and are incorporated
herein and made a part hereof.

Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force effective from and after its passage and
approval.

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