SECTION 1	The total tax rate for the Premont Independent School District for the year 2009-2010
	shall be and the same is hereby fixed and levied at the sum of $1.1600 for each $100.00
	worth of assessed property, assessment being 100% of the total value of property within
	the limit of the Premont Independent School District, which is made taxable by law for the
	State of County purposes, and said levied and fixed for the following purposes.
	First: A maintenance tax of $1.06 on each $100.00 of all property within the limits of the
	Premont Independent School District which is made taxable by law levied and fixed for the
	current expenses for the Premont Independent School District.
	THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST
	YEAR'S TAX RATE.
	THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 5.4413 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR
	MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $54.41.
	Second:  A tax of $0.1000 on each $100.00 worth of all property within the limits of the
	Premont Independent School District, which is made taxable by law, is hereby levied and
	fixed for the purpose of creating an Interest and Sinking fund for the retirement of the
	General Obligation Board.
SECTION 2	All receipts of the Premont Independent School District not specifically appropriated
	by the Annual Budget are hereby made payable to the General Fund mentioned above.
SECTION 3	That the taxes levied by the Premont Independent School District are hereby declared to be
	a first lien, charge and encumbrance upon property upon which the tax is due, not only
	against residents of this State, but are entitled to enforce and foreclose in any court
	having jurisdiction of same; and the lien, charge and encumbrance of the property in
	favor of the Premont Independent School District, for the amount of taxes due on said
	property, is such as to give the State courts, jurisdiction to enforce said lien due on said
	property of which the tax is due only against any resident of the State, but against persons
	who are non-residents of the State, or whose residence is unknown and against the
	unknown heirs of any person who owns property on which tax is due.
SECTION 4	That all taxes levied by the Premont Independent School against personal property are
	hereby declared to be alien upon such property and upon the persons against whom
	assessments are made and the Premont Independent School District shall enforce
	the collection of said taxes by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction and to foreclose
	any lien for personal property taxes.
SECTION 5	That all ad valorem taxes assessed and levied shall become due and payable on or after the
	first day of October of each year until otherwise provided and shall any way be paid to
	the Jim Wells County Tax-Assessor Collector at their office in the town of Alice, Texas
	who shall issue a property receipt therefore; said taxes shall become delinquent upon
	the first day of February, 2010 and any person, firm, partnership, or corporation who
	shall fail or have failed to pay said tax when due shall become liable and required to pay
	in addition to the tax, interest, penalty, and lawyer fees, as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 26TH DAY OF August 2009