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TX Transp Code § 286.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court|Section 286.010. Defenses to Actions for Assessments

Sec. 286.010.  DEFENSES TO ACTIONS FOR ASSESSMENTS.  The only defenses to an assessment in a suit to enforce the assessment are that:(1)  the assessment exceeds the amount of the estimated assessment stated in the notice;  or(2)  notice of the hearing:(A)  was not mailed, delivered, or published as required by Section 286.007;  or(B)  did not contain the information required by Section 286.007.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court|Section 286.011. Word or Act of Officer or Employee

Sec. 286.011.  WORD OR ACT OF OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.  Nothing said or done by a county officer or employee or a member of the commissioners court affects this subchapter.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court|Section 286.012. Certificate of Assessment

Sec. 286.012.  CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSMENT.  (a)  The commissioners court may issue an assignable certificate that:(1)  is evidence of an assessment made under this subchapter;  and(2)  declares:(A)  the lien against the property assessed;  or(B)  the liability of the true owner of the property assessed.(b)  The commissioners court may set the terms of the certificate.(c)  A recital in a certificate is prima facie evidence of the matter recited and further proof of the matter is not required if the certificate substantially states that:(1)  the proceedings referred to in the certificate were in compliance with the law;  and(2)  the prerequisites to imposing the assessment lien against the property described in the certificate and the personal liability of the property owner have been performed.(d)  In a suit on an assessment or reassessment in evidence of which a certificate is issued under this subchapter, it is sufficient to allege the substance of the recitals in the certificate and that the recitals are true.  Further allegations with reference to a proceeding relating to an original assessment or subsequent assessment are not necessary.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court|Section 286.013. Validity of Assessment

Sec. 286.013.  VALIDITY OF ASSESSMENT.  An assessment related to the cost of an improvement that is to be constructed is not valid unless the commissioners court:(1)  makes or causes to be made an estimate of the cost of the improvement;  and(2)  includes the estimate in a published or mailed notice required by Section 286.007.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court|Section 286.014. Correction of Assessment; Subsequent Assessment

Sec. 286.014.  CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENT;  SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT.  (a)  If an assessment is held or determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the commissioners court may correct:(1)  a deficiency in a proceeding relating to the assessment;  or(2)  an error, inaccuracy, irregularity, or invalidity relating to the assessment.(b)  The commissioners court may make and impose a subsequent assessment after a notice and hearing that comply as nearly as possible with the requirements for the original notice and hearing.(c)  A recital in a certificate issued as evidence of a subsequent assessment has the same force as a recital in a certificate related to an original assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.041. Applicability

Sec. 286.041.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only to Live Oak County.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.042. Assessment Provisions

Sec. 286.042.  ASSESSMENT PROVISIONS.  (a)  The commissioners court of the county may finance all or part of the cost of improving a portion of the county road system located in a recorded subdivision and outside the limits of a municipality by imposing an assessment against real property that abuts the portion of the road that is to be improved and against the owners of the property.(b)  The commissioners court may:(1)  determine the terms of payment and default of the assessment;(2)  determine the rate of interest of the assessment, not to exceed 10 percent a year;(3)  make an assessment against several parcels of property in one assessment when the parcels are owned by the same person;  and(4)  jointly assess property owned jointly.(c)  An assessment authorized by this section does not mature before the commissioners court accepts the improvement for which the assessment is made.(d)  An owner of an interest in property against which the commissioners court makes an assessment under this section is personally liable for the assessed amount.  Each owner of property owned jointly is jointly and severally liable for the assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.043. Assessment Lien

Sec. 286.043.  ASSESSMENT LIEN.  (a)  The county has a lien on assessed property under this subchapter that takes effect on the date the assessment is made.(b)  The lien has the same priority as a lien for county ad valorem taxes.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.044. Assessment Liens on Certain Exempt Property

Sec. 286.044.  ASSESSMENT LIENS ON CERTAIN EXEMPT PROPERTY.  (a)  The county may not assess a lien against property that on the date the commissioners court orders the assessment is exempt by law from execution on a judgment for debt.(b)  A property owner may waive an exemption to which the owner is entitled and voluntarily grant an assessment lien against the property in the same manner provided by law for granting a mechanic's lien for a homestead improvement.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.045. Apportionment of Costs

Sec. 286.045.  APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS.  (a)  The commissioners court shall apportion the assessed cost of improving a county road in accordance with the front foot rule which may vary among the assessed properties.(b)  To produce a substantial equality of burdens imposed in relation to benefits received, the commissioners court shall determine an assessment under this section in a just and equitable manner, keeping in mind the enhanced value to be gained by the abutting property and the property's owners because of the improvement.(c)  The commissioners court may not impose an assessment in excess of the enhanced value derived from the improvement by the property or the property owner.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.046. Plan of Proposed Road Improvement

Sec. 286.046.  PLAN OF PROPOSED ROAD IMPROVEMENT.  (a)  The commissioners court shall prepare a plan of each proposed improvement that is to be financed by an assessment under Section 286.042.(b)  The plan must:(1)  specify the nature and location of the improvement;(2)  include an estimate of the total cost of the improvement;(3)  state the total amount of the costs to be financed by the assessment;  and(4)  include an estimate of the cost for each front foot to be assessed against the property abutting the road to be improved.(c)  The plan must specify each variation if the estimate of the cost for each front foot is not uniform.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.047. Notice and Order for Hearing

Sec. 286.047.  NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING.  (a)  After preparing the plan required by Section 286.046, the commissioners court by order shall set a time, date, and place for a public hearing on the proposed improvement.(b)  The commissioners court shall publish notice of the hearing once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the improvement is located.  The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 21st day before the date of the hearing.(c)  The commissioners court shall mail or personally deliver written notice of the hearing to the owner of each parcel of property subject to the proposed assessment.  The commissioners court shall deliver or mail the notice not later than the 14th day before the date of the hearing.  An owner is not entitled to notice under this subsection if the owner's name or address is not shown on the county tax roll.(d)  Notice provided under this section must contain:(1)  a general description of the proposed improvement that is to be financed by the assessment;(2)  an estimate of the proposed assessment for each front foot of abutting property;(3)  an estimate of the total cost of the proposed improvement to be made on each portion of road;(4)  the location of the proposed improvement;  and(5)  the date, time, and place of the hearing.(e)  If the estimate of the proposed assessment for each front foot of abutting property is not uniform, the notice must specify each variation and identify the affected property.(f)  Notice required by this section is in addition to notice otherwise required by law.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.048. Hearing

Sec. 286.048.  HEARING.  (a)  The commissioners court shall hold a public hearing at which an owner of an interest in property that abuts a proposed improvement may contest:(1)  the amount of the assessment;  or(2)  the accuracy, sufficiency, or validity of a proceeding or determination of the commissioners court related to the improvement or assessment.(b)  After correcting a deficiency or error in its proceeding or determinations, the commissioners court by order may make an assessment against property that abuts the improvement.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.049. Appeal

Sec. 286.049.  APPEAL.  (a)  Not later than the 15th day after the date the commissioners court makes an assessment under this subchapter, the owner of an interest in property against which the assessment has been made may file suit in district court to contest the:(1)  amount of the assessment;  or(2)  accuracy or validity of a proceeding or determination related to the assessment or improvement.(b)  A property owner may file suit under this section not later than the 15th day after the date the property owner receives actual notice of the results of the public hearing if the owner shows by a preponderance of the evidence that notice of the hearing was not:(1)  mailed or delivered to the owner in the form or manner required by Section 286.047;  or(2)  published in the form or manner required by Section 286.047.(c)  A person who does not file suit within the time stated in this section waives a complaint because of a determination or proceeding of the commissioners court related to an order for an improvement or an assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.050. Enforcement of Assessment or Liability

Sec. 286.050.  ENFORCEMENT OF ASSESSMENT OR LIABILITY.  (a)  A lien against assessed property and the personal liability of the owner may be enforced by suit in district court.  An amount equal to the interest on the assessment and an amount equal to collection expenses, including attorney's fees, are included in the lien and may be recovered.(b)  In a suit brought to enforce an assessment, it is a defense that:(1)  notice of the hearing was not delivered or published in the form or manner required by Section 286.047;  or(2)  the amount of the assessment exceeds the estimate given in the notice provided under Section 286.047.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.051. Certificate of Assessment

Sec. 286.051.  CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSMENT.  (a)  The commissioners court of the county may issue an assignable certificate in the county's name that:(1)  certifies an assessment imposed under this subchapter;  and(2)  declares:(A)  the existence of a lien against the assessed property;  or(B)  the personal liability of the property owner.(b)  The commissioners court may determine the terms of the certificate.(c)  The certificate is prima facie evidence of a recital in the certificate that states:(1)  a proceeding ordering the improvements referred to in the certificate was conducted in compliance with the law;  and(2)  the prerequisites to creating the assessment lien against the property described in the certificate and the personal liability of the property owner have been met.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.052. Correction of Assessment; Subsequent Assessment

Sec. 286.052.  CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENT;  SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT.  (a)  If an assessment is held invalid or unenforceable, the commissioners court may:(1)  correct an error related to the assessment;  and(2)  after a notice and hearing, impose a subsequent assessment in the same manner provided for an original assessment.(b)  A person who owns or claims an interest in property against which a subsequent assessment has been imposed has the same right of appeal from the date the commissioners court orders the subsequent assessment as an original assessment.(c)  Sections 286.049(c) and 286.050(b) relating to waiver of appeal and limitation of defenses apply to a subsequent assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter B. Road Improvements and Assessments by Live Oak County Commissioners Court|Section 286.053. Subsequent Assessment Certificate

Sec. 286.053.  SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The commissioners court may issue a subsequent assessment certificate that reflects each modification of the original assessment.(b)  A subsequent assessment certificate has the same attributes and effect of an original certificate from the date the commissioners court orders the subsequent assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.061. Applicability

Sec. 286.061.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only to Leon County and Madison County.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.062. Definitions

Sec. 286.062.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Public water" includes a public stream, river, bay, or lake.(2)  "Navigable stream" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.001, Natural Resources Code.(3)  "Public lake" means a lake in which the state owns the bed, or reserves for the state's residents the right of access to the lake for fishing, boating, hunting, or other recreation.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.063. Public Necessity for Additional Roads; Purpose

Sec. 286.063.  PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS;  PURPOSE.  (a)  A public necessity for additional roads is created by the lack of adequate roads for general public access to a navigable stream, public lake, or the shore of a lake.(b)  There is a public necessity for a road under this subchapter if a bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public.(c)  The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a road to make accessible to the general public a bank or shore of public water that is fenced in and inaccessible.(d)  A bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public under this section if:(1)  the bank or shore extends for more than five miles without a public road to furnish access to the bank or shore;  or(2)  there is an area of five or more miles on the bank or shore without a road to furnish public access to the bank or shore.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.064. Public Road

Sec. 286.064.  PUBLIC ROAD.  The commissioners court may declare to be a public road to furnish access to public water a:(1)  line between parcels of real property having different owners;(2)  section line;(3)  survey line;(4)  survey subdivision line;  or(5)  direct practicable route through an enclosure that contains 500 or more acres of land.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.065. Application for Public Road

Sec. 286.065.  APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ROAD.  (a)  A person who lives within an enclosure described by Section 286.064(5), or 10 residents of the county, may file a sworn application with the commissioners court for an order to establish a public road for access to a bank or shore of public water in the county.(b)  The application must:(1)  state the facts that show the necessity for the highway;(2)  designate the line or route sought to be opened;  and(3)  designate the name and residence of each person or owner of real property to be affected by the proposed road.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 286.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties|Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties|Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties|Section 286.066. Notice of Application

Sec. 286.066.  NOTICE OF APPLICATION.  (a)  On the filing of an application under Section 286.065, the county clerk shall issue to the sheriff or a constable a notice that commands the sheriff or constable to summon the property owners named in the notice to:(1)  appear at the next regular term of the commissioners court;  and(2)  show cause why the line or route designated in the application should not be declared a public road.(b)  Notice under this section:(1)  must contain the substance of the application filed under Section 286.065;  and(2)  shall be served and returned in the same manner and for the same length of time as provided for the service of citation in a civil action in justice court.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|