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Texas Transportation Code - Section 254.012. Notice To Property Owners Of Jury Proceedings

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§ 254.012. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF JURY 
PROCEEDINGS.  (a) Not later than the fifth day before the date of 
the meeting to determine costs of ditch construction, the jury of 
view shall issue notice of the time and place of the meeting to each 
property owner or to the agent of each property owner who owns real 
property adjacent to or within one mile of the proposed ditch.  The 
notice must state that:
		(1)  the purpose of the meeting is to determine each 
property owner's share of the expense of constructing the ditch;  
and
		(2)  each property owner's share of the total expense of 
constructing the ditch is to be a proportional share of one-half of 
the total expense of constructing the ditch.
	(b)  The notice may be served by anyone competent to testify 
and shall be returned and filed with the jury's final report.
	(c)  Notice to a property owner who is not a resident of the 
county and does not have an agent or representative in the county 
shall be published in a newspaper in the county in the manner 
provided for giving notice to a nonresident defendant in a district 
court action.  The notice must be published at least four weeks 
before the jury's meeting date.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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