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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with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed and rescinded to the extent of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
st
County, Texas, on this 21 day of September 2023, at a meeting open to the public after
notice thereof being given as required by law.

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