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Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 313 Street Improvements And Assessments In Certain MunicipalitiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Transportation Code > Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 313 Street Improvements And Assessments In Certain Municipalities In this chapter: (1) "Cost" includes an expense of engineering and other expense incident to construction of an improvement. (2) "Governing body" means the governing ... This chapter applies only to a municipality that has a population of more than 1,000. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. ... (a) The governing body of a municipality may: (1) determine the necessity for and order the improvement of a highway in the municipality; (2) contract ... (a) A municipality may improve a highway within its limits. (b) A municipality that has a population of more than 285,000 may make an improvement ... (a) A municipality may contract with another municipality for one municipality to make an improvement to a part of a highway as provided by this ... Payment for an improvement under this chapter may be paid entirely by the municipality or may be paid partly by the municipality and partly by ... If part of the cost of an improvement is to be paid by the property abutting the part of the highway to be improved and ... In this subchapter, "railway" includes a street railway and an interurban. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ... (a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may assess the cost of an improvement under this chapter against property that abuts the highway ... (a) A single assessment may be made against multiple parcels of property owned by the same person. (b) Property owned jointly may be assessed jointly. ... (a) A cost of an improvement that is assessed against abutting property and the owners of the property shall be apportioned among the parcels of ... (a) The governing body of a municipality may assess against a railway that uses, occupies, or crosses a highway the cost of a highway improvement ... (a) If part of the boundary of a municipality is on or along a highway, the municipality may improve that part of the highway and ... (a) An assessment may be made against an abutting property or its owner or against a railway or its owner only after notice and opportunity ... (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 ... (a) A person who owns or claims an interest in assessed property or in an assessed railway may bring suit to contest: (1) the amount ... If an assessment is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the governing body of the municipality may: (1) supply any deficiency in the assessment proceedings; ... (a) This chapter does not authorize a lien against an interest in property that, at the time an improvement is ordered, is exempt from any ... (a) The governing body may issue in the name of the municipality an assignable certificate to evidence an assessment imposed. The certificate may declare the ... (a) The governing body of a municipality may change a plan, method, or contract for an improvement or other proceeding related to a plan, method, ... (a) An assessment under this subchapter: (1) is collectible with interest, expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees, if incurred; (2) is a first and ... Nothing said or done by an employee or officer of a municipality, including a member of the governing body of the municipality, as shown in ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |