Sec. 286.006. CHANGES IN IMPROVEMENT PROCEEDINGS; ABANDONMENT. (a) The commissioners court may change a plan, method, or contract relating to an improvement.
(b) The commissioners court may not make a change that substantially affects the nature or quality of an improvement unless the commissioners court, by a four-fifths vote, determines that it is impractical to proceed with the improvement as proposed and, after the vote, the commissioners court:
(1) obtains the consent of the person with whom the commissioners court has contracted for the construction of the improvements;
(2) obtains a new estimate of the cost of the improvement; and
(3) holds a new hearing, with notice as required by this subchapter.
(c) The commissioners court at any time may abandon an improvement with the consent of a person who has contracted with the commissioners court for the construction of the improvement.
(d) The commissioners court by order shall cancel an assessment made for an abandoned improvement.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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