Texas Transportation Code
§ 257.024 — EXCLUDING REAL PROPERTY FROM ROAD DISTRICT
TN § 257.024Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 257. ROAD DISTRICTS · Art. B. ROAD DISTRICT WITHIN COUNTY
Statute text
View on source(a)Before the commissioners court orders an election to authorize bonds for a road district, the commissioners court, on its own motion or on receipt of a written petition from a property owner seeking to exclude the property owner's real property from the district, may hold a hearing on the question of excluding specified real property from the district.
(b)If the commissioners court determines that a hearing should be held, the court shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing in the manner provided for notice of a hearing for the creation of a road district.
(c)The court shall exclude real property from the district if:
(1)the retention of the real property in the district's taxing jurisdiction would:
(A)be arbitrary and unnecessary to protect the public welfare;
(B)impair the value of the real property; and
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Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.