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3 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE RATE OF TAirATMiTC)�CLERK
4 PROPERTY FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE YEAR 2006
5 FOR VARIOUS
FUNDS
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THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK,
6 ARKANSAS; TO
DECLARE
AN
EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER
7 PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, state law mandates that the county quorum court adopt an
10 ordinance prior to the end of the year which establishes the various millage rates for
11 assessments on real and personal property for the coming year, and
12 WHEREAS, on November 4, 2003, the voters of the City of Little Rock
13 authorized the issuance of limited tax general obligation bonds for the purpose of
14 capital improvements within the City,
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
16 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
17 Section 1. The rate of taxation of real and personal property in the City of
18 Little Rock, Arkansas for certain City purposes are hereby fixed, established and levied
19 as follows:
20 (a) For general purposes in order to carry on the affairs of the
21 City Government under Section 4, Article 12 of and Amendment 10 to the
22 Constitution of Arkansas of 1874, there is hereby levied a tax of five (5)
23 mills;
24 (b) For the purpose of paying bonds and interest as may be
25 required for the bonds authorized in Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No
26 18,941 (September 30, 2003), to repay the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
27 Capital Improvement Bonds, approved at a special election held on
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1 November 4, 2003, there is hereby levied a tax of three and three tenths
2 (3.3) mills;
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(c) For the purpose of paying Policemen's Pensions in
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accordance with provisions of Amendment No. 31 to the Constitution of
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the State of Arkansas, a tax of one (1) mill;
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(d) For the purpose of Paying Firemen's Pensions in accordance
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with the provisions of Amendment No. 31 to the Constitution of the State
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of Arkansas adopted November 5, 1940, and Act 16 of the acts otithe
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General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1941, a tax o c_oe
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(e ) For the purpose of maintaining the City Library,
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accordance with the provisions of Amendment No. 30 to the Constitutin "
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of the State of Arkansas, a tax of two and eight tenths (2.8) mills;
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(f) For the purpose of paying bonds and interest as may be
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required for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for Library System Capital
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Improvement Bonds, a tax of one (1) mill.
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Section 2. Since the City achieved equalization in 1989 under the provisions of
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Amendment 59 to the Arkansas Constitution, the tax rates are the same for both real
19 and personal property.
20 Section 3. Because Pulaski County completed a county -wide reappraisal of
21 property in 2003 it is possible that the millage rates set forth in Section 1 of this
22 Ordinance will be subject to the rollback provisions of Amendment 59 as determined by
23 the Arkansas Assessment Coordination Department; therefore, to the extent that the
24 millage rates in Section 1 are ordered roll backed in accordance with state law, the
25 Board of Directors adopts and ratifies such millage rates.
26 Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this
27 Ordinance to the County Clerk of Pulaski County so that the taxes recited may be
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I extended on the tax books of Pulaski County and collected with the other taxes for the
2 year 2004.
3 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
4 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid
5 or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
6 portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
7 declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
8 ordinance.
9 Section 6. Emergency. It is essential to the public health, safety and welfare that the
10 proper millage rates be stated each year, and that this information be promptly communicated
11 with the Pulaski County government in order to assure that appropriate tax millages are put
12 into effect for the following calendar year, an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this
13 ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
14 PASSED: October 4, 2005
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16 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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19 N taki S. Blocker, Assistant City Clerk Jim Yhey, Mayor
20 For Nancy Wood, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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CERTIFICATE 20005 OCT 14 Ah 9: 0
STATE OF ARKANSAS U,r�C�'1 ` � ' � C�"E`e- 0050877,38
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK} EAT O'BRIEN
PULASKI COUNTY
CIRCUIT /COUNTY CLERK
I Nancy Wood, City Clerk within and for the City aforesaid to hereby certify $1�.99
that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance 19,420 of the
Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, entitled: " AN
ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE RATE OF TAXATION OF
PROPERTY FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE YEAR
2006 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS; TO DECARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES. " Passed by the Little Rock Board of Directors of said City on
October 4, 2005 and said Ordinance now appearing of record in the City
Clerk's Office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my and seal of office this
11th Day of October 2005.
N cy W d, City Clerk
City of Little Rock, Arkansas
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