1. (a) The board or hearings examiner shall hear and rule on all objections to a proposed assessment.
2. (b) A hearing on a proposed assessment may be adjourned from time to time.

3. (c) The board or hearings examiner shall make findings relating to the:

   1. (1) advisability of the assessment, including the purpose of the assessment;
   2. (2) estimated cost of the assessment;
   3. (3) area benefited by the assessment;
   4. (4) method of assessment; and
   5. (5) method and time for payment of the assessment.
4. (d) If a hearings examiner conducts the hearing, the examiner shall file with the board a report on the examiner's findings under Subsection (c).

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.