Page 380 - Keller Budget FY21
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a.   For the General  Fund Maintenance    and
                                      Operations   levied  on the $ 100. 00 of taxable
                                      valuation:                                         0. 324190
                                  b.    For the Interest and Sinking Fund levied on
                                      the $ 100. 00 of taxable valuation:
                                                                                         0. 070810
                                                                                         0. 395000
                                                    Total tax rate

               Section  3:        THAT,  this tax rate will raise more taxes for maintenance and
                                 operations than last year's rate.


               Section 4:        THAT,   there  shall  be  exempted   from  the  valuation  of all  residential
                                 homesteads for which proper application        shall have been made,   an
                                 amount equal to the greater of fourteen    percent ( 14%)  of the appraised
                                 value   of  such   residential  homestead,     or  Five  Thousand    Dollars
                                    5, 000. 00).     The exemption shall be granted to any such residential
                                 homestead and the improvements qualifying for same as provided by
                                 law.

               Section 5:        THAT,  there shall be exempted the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars
                                   40, 000. 00)   of  the  assessed  value   of  residence  homesteads     of
                                 residents of the City of Keller, Texas, who are sixty-five (65) years of age
                                 or older, from all ad valorem taxes thereafter levied by the City of Keller,
                                 Texas.

               Section 6:        THAT,   there shall be exempted the sum of Ten Thousand              Dollars
                                    10, 000. 00)   of  the  assessed  value  of  residence  homesteads     of
                                 residents   of the  City  of  Keller,   Texas,    meeting the definition of a
                                  disabled"  individual,  as defined by the Texas Tax Code.


               Section  7:       THAT,  there shall be exempted from valuation any other exemption or
                                 exemptions,  which may be authorized by the Texas Tax Code for which
                                 proper application by the Taxpayer,  shall have been made.


               Section 8:        THAT,  Ordinance No.  1209,  approved by the City Council of the City of
                                 Keller, Texas,  on August 3,  2004,  provided for the establishment of an
                                 ad valorem tax limitation on residential homesteads of disabled and
                                 persons   sixty-  five  ( 65)  years  of  age  or  older  and their  spouses,   as
                                 authorized and defined by the Texas Constitution,  Article VIII,  Taxation
                                 and Revenue,  Section 1- b,  Residence Homestead Exemption,  and the
                                 Texas   Tax   Code,   Chapter   11,    Taxable Property and Exemptions,
                                 Section   11. 261,   Limitation  of  County,    Municipal,   or  Junior  College
                                 District Tax on Homesteads of Disabled and Elderly.







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