FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget Book

Ordinance No. 2348-23

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2023 (FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024) AT A RATE OF $0.685092 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS OF JANUARY 1, 2023, TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CURRENT EXPENSES; PROVIDING FOR AN INTEREST AND SINKING FUND FOR ALL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO; PROVIDING FOR DUE AND DELINQUENT DATES TOGETHER WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, THAT:

SECTION 1. There is hereby levied for the tax year 2023 on all taxable property, real, personal and mixed, situated within the corporate limits of the City of DeSoto, Texas, and not exempt by the Constitution of the State and valid State laws, a tax of $0.685092 per One Hundred Dollars ($100) assessed valuation of taxable property, and, shall be, apportioned and distributed as follows: (a) For the purpose of defraying the current expenditures of the municipal government of the City of DeSoto, a tax of $0.503485 on each and every One Hundred Dollars ($·100) assessed value on all taxable property; and (b) For the purpose of creating a sinking fund to pay the interest and principal maturities of all outstanding debt of the City of DeSoto not otherwise provided for, a tax of $0.181607 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) assessed value of taxable property within the City of DeSoto, and shall be applied to the payment of interest and maturities of all such outstanding debt of the City.

THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIO NS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 10.69 PERCENT AND WILL R AISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $-9.40. SECTION 2. All ad valorem taxes shall become due and payable on October 1, 2023, and all ad valorem taxes for the year shall become delinquent if not paid prior to February 1, 2024. There shall be no discount for payment of taxes prior to February 1, 2024. A delinquent tax shall incur all penalty and interest authorized by

City of DeSoto Ordinance No. 2348-23

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