- (a) An assessment against property abutting an improvement or against the owner of the property may be made under Subchapter B only after the property owner has a full hearing.
- (b) Reasonable notice of the hearing shall be given to the property owner or the owner's agent or attorney.
- (c) Notice of the hearing shall be published at least three times in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the assessment is to be made. If that municipality does not have a newspaper, notice shall be published in the newspaper that is published nearest to the municipality and that is of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located.
- (d) The first publication of the notice shall be made not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.
(e) If the owner of the property is a railway, written notice of the assessment and hearing shall be:
- (1) delivered in person to the local agent of the railway; or
- (2) mailed postage paid at a post office in the municipality and properly addressed to the office of the railway at the address shown on the last approved municipal tax roll.
- (f) Notice required by Subsection (e) shall be mailed or delivered not later than 10 days before the date of the hearing.
- (g) The governing body of the municipality may provide notice in addition to the notice required by this section.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.