Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 313 - Street Improvements And Assessments In Certain Municipalities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 313.001 - Definitions
  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...
• Texas Section 313.002 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to a municipality that has a population of more than 1,000. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....

SUBCHAPTER B IMPROVEMENTS

• Texas Section 313.003 - General Powers Of Governing Body
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.021 - Highway Improvements Authorized
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.022 - Contract For Improvement Of Boundary Highway
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.023 - Payment For Improvement
  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...

SUBCHAPTER C ASSESSMENTS

• Texas Section 313.024 - Estimate Of Cost
  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...
• Texas Section 313.041 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "railway" includes a street railway and an interurban. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 313.042 - Assessment Ordinance
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.043 - Assessment Against Parcels Owned Jointly
  (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....
• Texas Section 313.044 - Assessment Apportioned Under Front Foot Rule Unless Inequitable
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.045 - Assessment Or Tax On Railways For Certain Improvements
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.046 - Assessment For Improvement Of Boundary Highway
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.047 - Notice Of Hearing On Assessment
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.048 - Hearing
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.049 - Appeal Of Assessment
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.050 - Correction Of Assessments
  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;...
• Texas Section 313.051 - No Lien On Exempt Property; Liability Of Owner
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.052 - Assessment Certificates
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.053 - Changes In Proceedings; Procedure
  (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,...
• Texas Section 313.054 - Enforcement Of Assessment; Priority Of Lien; Defenses
  (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...
• Texas Section 313.055 - Chapter Not Affected By Statements Or Actions Of Municipal Officers Or Employees
  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: September 28, 2016