Ordinance # 22-24 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF ROBERT LEE FOR 2024; PROVIDING FOR APPORTIONING EACH LEVY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING WHEN TAXES SHALL BECOME DUE AND WHEN SAME SHALL BECOME DELINQUENT IF NOT PAID. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROBERT LEE: SECTION 1 That there is hereby levied and there shall be collected for the use and support of the municipal government of the City of Robert Lee, upon all property, real, personal and mixed, within the corporate limits of said City subject to taxation, a tax of $0.450811 on each $100.00 valuation of property, said tax being SO levied and apportioned to the specific purposes here set forth: For the maintenance and support of the general government (General Fund), $0.450811 on each $100.00 valuation of property. SECTION 2 All taxes levied under this ordinance shall be due October 1, 2024, and if not paid on or before January 31, 2025, shall immediately become delinquent. SECTION2 All taxes shall become a lien upon the property against which assessed, and the City assessor and collector of the City of Robert Lee is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the collection of such taxes according to the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of Robert Lee shall, by virtue of the tax rolls, fix and establish a lien by levying upon such property, whether real or personal, for the payment of said taxes, penalty and interest, and the interest and penalty collected from such delinquent taxes shall bear interest from the date of delinquency at the rate as prescribed by state law. SECTION 4 That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED this 19th day of September 2024, at a regular meeting of the City Coumeilofthe-City of Robert Lee, there being a quorum present, by 4 yeas and 0 nays, andapproved on the date above set out. Steven Arens, Mayor ATTEST: AK Amanda Méndgza, City Administrator