Texas Transportation Code

§ 313.042 — ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE

TN § 313.042Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 313. STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES · Art. C. ASSESSMENTS

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(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 or part of the highway the municipality orders to be improved and against the owner of the property.

(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), the governing body may not assess more than nine-tenths of the estimated cost of an improvement against properties or their owners.

(c)The entire cost of constructing, repairing, or realigning a curb, gutter, or sidewalk may be assessed against the property and its owner.

(d)The ordinance may:

(1)prescribe the terms of payment and default of the assessment; and

(2)prescribe the rate of interest to be paid on the assessment, not to exceed the greater of:

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 827, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.