Res 060-2011 7/5/2011RESOLUTION NO. 60 -2011
Resolution Authorizing The Wichita County Appraisal District
To Reappraise Property Damaged In Fires That Occurred In
Wichita Falls On April 15, 2011, As Declared In The
Governor's Disaster Declaration
WHEREAS, Texas Tax Code § 23.01(a) provides "except as otherwise provided
by this chapter, all taxable property is appraised at its market value as of January 1 ";
WHEREAS, Texas Tax Code § 23.02 allows a governing body of a taxing unit
that is located in an area declared to be a natural disaster area by the Governor to
authorize the reappraisal of all property damaged in the disaster at its market value
immediately after the disaster, pursuant to the following parts thereof:
(a) The governing body of a taxing unit that is located partly or entirely inside an area declared
to be a natural disaster area by the governor may authorize reappraisal of all property
damaged in the disaster at its market value immediately after the disaster.
(b) If a taxing unit authorizes a reappraisal pursuant to this section, the appraisal office shall
complete the reappraisal as soon as practicable....
(c) A taxing unit that authorizes a reappraisal under this section must pay the appraisal district
all the costs of making the reappraisal....
(d) If property damaged in a natural disaster is reappraised as provided by this section, the
governing body shall provide for prorating the taxes on the property for the year in which
the disaster occurred. .. .
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the fires that occurred in the City on April
15, 2011 were "declared to be a natural disaster area by the governor" pursuant to the
attached Proclamation in accordance with Texas Tax Code §23.02, qualifying affected
properties for the reappraisal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
The City Council authorizes the Wichita County Appraisal District to reappraise
the properties within the City limits that were adversely affected by the April 15, 2011
fire disaster and to make adjustments to the tax rolls as authorized by Chapter 23 of the
Texas Tax Code for said properties.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of July, 2 11.
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MAYOR
Governor Rick Perry
June 11, 2011
with the applicable authorities.
Attested by:
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Secretary of State
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I
have hereunto signed my name
and have officially caused the
Seal of State to be affixed at my
Office in the City of Austin,
Texas, this the 11 th day of June
2011.
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Governor
PROCLAMATION
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, RICK PERRY, Governor of the State of Texas, issued an Emergency Disaster
Proclamation on December 21, 2010, as extreme fire hazard posed a throat of imminent
disaster in specified counties in Texas.
WHEREAS, the extreme fie hazard continues to create a threat of disaster for the people
in the State of Texas.
WHEREAS, the state of disaster includes the counties of Anderson, Andrews, Angelina,
Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atescosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandere, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee,
Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe,
Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp,
Carson, Cass, Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman,
Collingsworth, Colorado, Collin, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle,
Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallem, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta,
Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, El
Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin,
Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales,
Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hanford, Hardeman,
Hardin, Hams, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill,
Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchison, Irian, Jack,
Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes,
Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, La
Salle, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live
Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda,
Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam,
Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches,
Navarro, Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltme, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola,
Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rain, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River,
Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Rurmels, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine,
San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman,
Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant,
Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur,
Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington,
Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler,
Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata and Zavala
THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the
Texas Government Code, I do hereby renew the disaster proclamation and direct that all
necessary measures, both public and private as authorized under Section 418.017 of the
code, be implemented to meet that disaster.
As provided in Section 418.016 of the code, all rules and regulations that may inhibit or
prevent prompt response to this threat are suspended for the duration of the state of
disaster.
In accordance with the statutory requirements, copies of this proclamation shall be filed
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
JUN 11 2011