Texas Transportation Code - Section 257.104. Notice Of Hearing On Petition
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§ 257.104. NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION. (a) On
presentation of a petition under Section 257.102, the commissioners
court of each county shall order the time for the petition to be
heard on a date not less than 15 or more than 30 days after the date
of the order. The hearing shall be held at the regular meeting
place of the commissioners court in the county courthouse.
(b) The county clerk shall immediately issue notice of the
time and place of the hearing. The notice must:
(1) inform all interested persons of the time and
place of the hearing and of their right to appear at the hearing and
support or protest the ordering of the election; and
(2) set forth in substance the contents of the
petition, including the name of each county proposed to be included
in whole or part in the road district.
(c) Before the 10th day before the date of the hearing, the
clerk shall post a copy of the notice:
(1) at the courthouse door; and
(2) at a public place in each commissioners precinct
contained in whole or part in the proposed road district.
(d) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the
hearing, the clerk shall publish the notice in a newspaper of
general circulation published in the county. If a newspaper is not
published in the county, the posting of the notice as provided by
Subsection (c) is sufficient.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Section: 257.023 257.024 257.025 257.026 257.101 257.102 257.103 257.104 257.105 257.106 257.107 257.108 257.109 257.110 257.111
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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