Texas Transportation Code - Section 312.041. Hearing Required
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§ 312.041. HEARING REQUIRED. (a) An assessment against
property abutting an improvement or against the owner of the
property may be made under Subchapter B only after the property
owner has a full hearing.
(b) Reasonable notice of the hearing shall be given to the
property owner or the owner's agent or attorney.
(c) Notice of the hearing shall be published at least three
times in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the
assessment is to be made. If that municipality does not have a
newspaper, notice shall be published in the newspaper that is
published nearest to the municipality and that is of general
circulation in the county in which the municipality is located.
(d) The first publication of the notice shall be made not
later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.
(e) If the owner of the property is a railway, written
notice of the assessment and hearing shall be:
(1) delivered in person to the local agent of the
railway; or
(2) mailed postage paid at a post office in the
municipality and properly addressed to the office of the railway at
the address shown on the last approved municipal tax roll.
(f) Notice required by Subsection (e) shall be mailed or
delivered not later than 10 days before the date of the hearing.
(g) The governing body of the municipality may provide
notice in addition to the notice required by this section.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Section: 312.002 312.003 312.004 312.021 312.022 312.023 312.024 312.041 312.042 312.043 312.044 312.045 312.046 312.047 312.061
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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