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described in the assessment tax rolls and the tax books of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, for the year 2021 ,
and any supplemental assessments thereof, as the same have been or shall be presented to the City Council

of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City of Fort Worth, Texas.

SECTION 4.
That, because the total amount of revenue generated from taxes to fund maintenance and operations
will be greater than last year and because the tax rate does not exceed the no-new-revenue maintenance and

operations rate, the following statement is made as required by Section 26.05 of the Texas Tax Code:

THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND

OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL
EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY .91% AND WlLL RAISE TAXES FOR
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY

$6.57.

SECTION 5.
That the taxes provided for herein are due on receipt of a tax bill and are delinquent if not paid
before February I, 2022. Unless otherwise specifically set forth by law, failure to send or receive the tax

bill shall not, however, affect the validity of the taxes, penalty or interest herein imposed, the due date, the
existence of a tax I ien, or any procedure instituted to collect such taxes, penalty or interest.

SECTION 6.
That if a person pays one-half of the taxes required to be paid by virtue of this Ordinance before

December 1, 2021, he or she may pay the remaining one-half of such taxes without penalty or interest at
any time before July 1, 2022.

SECTION 7.
(a) That a delinquent tax incurs a penalty of six percent (6%) of the amount of the tax for the
first calendar month it is delinquent plus one percent (1 %) for each additional month or portion of a month

the tax remains unpaid prior to July 1, 2022. However, a tax delinquent on July 1, 2022, incurs a total
penalty of twelve percent (12%) of the amount of the delinquent tax without regard to the number of months

the tax has been delinquent.

(b) That if a person who exercises the split payment option provided by Section 6 above fails

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