1. (a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be before the governing body of the municipality.

2. (b) The owner of property abutting a proposed improvement or the owner of an affected railway is entitled to:

   1. (1) be heard on any matter for which a hearing is a constitutional prerequisite to the validity of an assessment under this chapter; and

   2. (2) contest:

      1. (A) the amount of the proposed assessment;
      2. (B) the lien and liability for the assessment;
      3. (C) the special benefit of the proposed improvement to the abutting property and the owner of the abutting property; and
      4. (D) the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, or validity of the proceedings or contract for the improvement and proposed assessment.

3. (c) The governing body may:

   1. (1) correct an error, inaccuracy, irregularity, or invalidity;
   2. (2) supply a deficiency;
   3. (3) determine the amount of an assessment;
   4. (4) determine any other necessary matter; and
   5. (5) by ordinance, end the hearing and impose the assessment before, during, or after the construction of the improvement.

4. (d) An assessment may not:

   1. (1) exceed the enhanced value to the property as determined at the hearing; or
   2. (2) be made to mature before the municipality accepts the improvement for which the assessment is imposed.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.