Ord 3703 7/29/1980 ORDINANCE NO. I7o3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 28-6.1, CITY CODE
OF ORDINANCES TO DELETE THE RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTION APPLICATION DATE DEADLINE .
WHEREAS, Section 28-6. 1 of the City Code of Ordinances
provides that applications for residence homestead exemptions
for persons sixty-five years of age or older, be filed with
the City Tax Assessor/Collector, between January 1, and
April 1, of the year for which such exemption is claimed;
and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Attorney General has determined in
Opinion No. MW 145 that deadline0 of this nature are void and
unenforceable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1 : Section 28-6.1 of the City Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by deleting the second paragraph
thereof, and substituting the following language, which
shall be the second paragraph of Section 28-6.1 as amended.
The person claiming such exemption shall file with the
City Tax Assessor/Collector documentary proof of agetsatisfac-
tory to the Tax Assessor/Collector, and a sworn claim for
such exemption, describing the property for which exemption
is sought, on forms prescribed by the Tax Assessor/Collector.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 29th day of July, 1980.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Cler