Tex. Transp. Code Section 313.048
Hearing

(a)

A hearing under this subchapter shall be before the governing body of the municipality.

(b)

The owner of property abutting a proposed improvement or the owner of an affected railway is entitled to:

(1)

be heard on any matter for which a hearing is a constitutional prerequisite to the validity of an assessment under this chapter; and

(2)

contest:

(A)

the amount of the proposed assessment;

(B)

the lien and liability for the assessment;

(C)

the special benefit of the proposed improvement to the abutting property and the owner of the abutting property; and

(D)

the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, or validity of the proceedings or contract for the improvement and proposed assessment.

(c)

The governing body may:

(1)

correct an error, inaccuracy, irregularity, or invalidity;

(2)

supply a deficiency;

(3)

determine the amount of an assessment;

(4)

determine any other necessary matter; and

(5)

by ordinance, end the hearing and impose the assessment before, during, or after the construction of the improvement.

(d)

An assessment may not:

(1)

exceed the enhanced value to the property as determined at the hearing; or

(2)

be made to mature before the municipality accepts the improvement for which the assessment is imposed.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 313.048 — Hearing, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­313.­htm#313.­048 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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