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TX Transp Code § 311.077 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter D. Franchise to Use Streets in Home-Rule Municipality|Section 311.077. Effective Date of Franchise

Sec. 311.077.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF FRANCHISE.  If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition:(1)  the governing body shall declare that result on canvassing the election returns;  and(2)  the franchise takes effect according to its terms.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.078 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter D. Franchise to Use Streets in Home-Rule Municipality|Section 311.078. Duration of Franchise

Sec. 311.078.  DURATION OF FRANCHISE.  A franchise under this subchapter may not extend beyond the period set for its termination.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter E. Financing Improvements|Section 311.091. Assessment for Street Improvement in Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 311.091.  ASSESSMENT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the cost of improving a public highway, street, or alley abutting the owner's land, if the municipal charter provides for apportioning the cost between the municipality and the landowner.  The assessment may not exceed the amount by which the improvement specially benefits the owner's abutting land by enhancing the land's value.(b)  The municipality may issue assignable certificates for the payment of the assessed cost.(c)  The assessment creates a lien on the owner's abutting land for the assessed cost.(d)  Regardless of Subsection (a), a railway company shall pay the cost of a street improvement made between the rails or tracks of the company or made in the area extending two feet from a rail or track of the company.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.092 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter E. Financing Improvements|Section 311.092. Assessment for Opening, Extending, or Widening of Street or Alley in Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 311.092.  ASSESSMENT FOR OPENING, EXTENDING, OR WIDENING OF STREET OR ALLEY IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A home-rule municipality may:(1)  acquire land necessary for opening, extending, or widening a public street or alley by the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Section 251.001, Local Government Code;  and(2)  assess the owners of land located in the territory of the improvement and specially benefitted by the improvement for the cost of the improvement.(b)  The special commissioners appointed under Chapter 21, Property Code, as part of the eminent domain proceeding shall apportion the cost of the improvement between the municipality and the landowners.  The municipality's share of the cost may not exceed one-third of the cost.  The municipality shall pay its share of the cost, and the landowners shall pay the balance.(c)  The special commissioners shall determine the land that is located in the territory of the improvement and is specially benefitted in enhanced value.(d)  The assessment creates a lien on the owner's land for the assessed cost.(e)  The municipality may issue assignable certificates for the payment of the assessed cost and may provide for the payment of the cost in deferred payments, which bear interest at a rate determined by the municipal charter but not to exceed eight percent.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter E. Financing Improvements|Section 311.093. Assessment for Sidewalk in Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 311.093.  ASSESSMENT FOR SIDEWALK IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the entire cost of constructing a sidewalk, including a curb, abutting the owner's land.(b)  The assessment creates a lien on the owner's abutting land for the assessed cost.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.094 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter E. Financing Improvements|Section 311.094. Other Financing Methods in Charter of Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 311.094.  OTHER FINANCING METHODS IN CHARTER OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A home-rule municipality by charter may adopt any other method of financing an improvement described by Section 311.091, 311.092, or 311.093.(b)  Another method adopted by charter for financing an improvement described by Section 311.092 must:(1)  charge the cost of the improvement to the property and to the owner of the property specially benefitted in enhanced value by the improvement and located in the territory in which the improvement is made;  and(2)  describe the manner of:(A)  appointing commissioners;(B)  giving notice;  and(C)  fixing assessments or otherwise providing for the payment of the improvement.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.096 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter E. Financing Improvements|Section 311.096. Cost of Sidewalk in Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 311.096.  COST OF SIDEWALK IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may require the owner of a lot, or part of a lot or block, in front of which the municipality constructs a sidewalk to pay the cost of the construction.(b)  If necessary to collect the cost of the construction, the municipality shall sell the lot, or the part of the lot or block, in the manner the governing body of the municipality by ordinance provides.  The municipality may keep an amount of the sale proceeds that covers the cost of the construction and the cost of collection.  The municipality shall pay to the owner the balance of the sale proceeds.(c)  The sale of the lot, or the part of the lot or block, under this section conveys a good title to the purchaser.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.901 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 311.901. Regulation of Animals on Street of Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 311.901.  REGULATION OF ANIMALS ON STREET OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:(1)  prohibit or suppress horse racing on a street or immoderate riding or driving of an animal on a street;  or(2)  require a person to fasten in place the person's horse or other animal remaining in a street.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.902 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 311.902. Street Lighting in Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 311.902.  STREET LIGHTING IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:(1)  provide for and regulate the lighting of a street;(2)  create or change lamp districts;  or(3)  exclusively regulate or direct the laying or repairing of gas pipes and gas fixtures in a street, alley, sidewalk, or other place.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.903 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 311.903. Street Work Required of Inhabitant in Type B General-Law Municipality

Sec. 311.903.  STREET WORK REQUIRED OF INHABITANT IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may require the male inhabitants of the municipality who are at least 18 years of age but younger than 46 years of age to work on the streets and public alleys.  The period of work may not exceed five days in a year.(b)  Instead of performing the work, a person may furnish a substitute to perform the work or may pay a sum not to exceed $1 for each day of work demanded so that a substitute may be employed.(c)  The requirement does not apply to a minister of the gospel actually engaged in the discharge of the minister's duties.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 311.904 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 311.904. Former President's Street in Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 311.904.  FORMER PRESIDENT'S STREET IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  A home-rule municipality, alone or in conjunction with another person, may regulate or restrict access to a street or alley in the municipality on which the dwelling of a former president of the United States is located.  This authority includes the authority to install and maintain a fence, gate, or other structure.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 312.001. Definitions

Sec. 312.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter and in Subchapters B and C:(1)  "Highway" includes all or any part of a street, alley, or public place or square that is dedicated to public use.(2)  "Improvement" means the:(A)  filling, grading, raising, or paving of a highway in a permanent manner;(B)  widening, narrowing, or straightening of a highway;(C)  constructing of a gutter, curb, or sidewalk;  or(D)  constructing of necessary appurtenances to a highway, including sewers and drains.(3)  "Railway" includes a street railway.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 312.002. Applicability and Adoption of Subchapters

Sec. 312.002.  APPLICABILITY AND ADOPTION OF SUBCHAPTERS.  (a)  This subchapter and Subchapters B and C apply only to a municipality that has adopted those subchapters as provided by this section.(b)  To adopt the subchapters, the governing body of a municipality must submit the question of the adoption to voters of the municipality at a special election called for that purpose.(c)  The governing body of a municipality by resolution:(1)  may order the election;  and(2)  shall order the election if the governing body is presented with a petition for an election that is signed by at least 100 of the registered voters of the municipality.(d)  If the majority of the votes cast in the election favor the adoption of the subchapters, the governing body shall enter the result in its minutes.  On entry of the result, the subchapters apply to the municipality.  A certified copy of the minutes is prima facie evidence of the regularity of the election and its result.(e)  The governing body of a municipality that adopts the subchapters may adopt any ordinance or resolution to implement the subchapters.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 312.003. Highway Improvement

Sec. 312.003.  HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.  A municipality may:(1)  order the improvement of a highway in the municipality's limits;(2)  select the materials and methods to be used in that construction;  and(3)  contract for the construction in the name of the municipality.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 312.004. Conflict of Laws

Sec. 312.004.  CONFLICT OF LAWS.  To the extent of a conflict between this subchapter or Subchapter B or C and a law granting a special charter to a municipality, the provision of the special charter controls.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter B. Assessments|Section 312.021. Payment for Improvement

Sec. 312.021.  PAYMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT.  (a)  Payment for an improvement under Subchapter A may be made either entirely by the municipality or partly by the municipality and partly by the owners of the abutting property.(b)  The governing body of a municipality may use any available municipal money to pay the municipality's share of the cost of the improvement.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter B. Assessments|Section 312.022. Assessment Ordinance

Sec. 312.022.  ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may assess the cost of an improvement made under Subchapter A against property that abuts and benefits from the improvement or against the owner of the property.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the governing body may not assess more than three-fourths of the cost of an improvement against properties or property owners.(c)  The entire cost of constructing a curb or sidewalk fronting property may be assessed against the property or its owner.(d)  The ordinance may:(1)  provide the terms of payment of an assessment;(2)  provide a rate of interest to be paid on the assessment, not to exceed eight percent a year payable on deferred payments;(3)  create a lien on the assessed property;  and(4)  declare the assessment to be a personal liability of the owner of the assessed property.(e)  The ordinance must provide for the collection of the:(1)  assessment;  and(2)  collection costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred.(f)  An assessment under this section is a lien securing the payment of the assessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter B. Assessments|Section 312.023. Assessment or Tax Against Railway

Sec. 312.023.  ASSESSMENT OR TAX AGAINST RAILWAY.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality may assess against the owner of a railroad that occupies a highway ordered to be improved the entire cost of the improvement made in the area between or under the rails or tracks or in the area extending two feet outside of the rails or tracks.(b)  A municipality by ordinance may impose a special tax on a railway and its roadbed, ties, rails, fixtures, rights, and franchise.(c)  An ordinance that imposes a special tax under this section must describe when the tax is due and delinquent and the method of enforcement.(d)  A tax under Subsection (b) is a lien that is superior to any other lien or claim except a lien or claim for state, county, or municipal taxes.(e)  A tax lien under Subsection (d) may be enforced by:(1)  sale of the property in the manner provided by law in the collection of ad valorem taxes by the municipality;  or(2)  suit against the owner.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter B. Assessments|Section 312.024. Correction of Error; Reassessment

Sec. 312.024.  CORRECTION OF ERROR;  REASSESSMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality may correct a mistake or irregularity in a proceeding regarding an improvement or in an assessment of the cost of an improvement made against abutting property or its owner.(b)  If an assessment is in error or is not valid, the governing body may reassess the cost of the improvement against abutting property or its owner.  A reassessment may not exceed the improvement's benefit in enhanced value to the property.(c)  The governing body may adopt rules for giving notice to a property owner before a reassessment and for holding a hearing before a reassessment.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.041. Hearing Required

Sec. 312.041.  HEARING REQUIRED.  (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.|
TX Transp Code § 312.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.042. Hearing

Sec. 312.042.  HEARING.  (a)  A hearing under this subchapter shall be before the governing body of the municipality.(b)  An owner of property abutting a proposed improvement is entitled to contest at the hearing:(1)  a proposed assessment or personal liability;(2)  the regularity of the proceedings regarding the proposed improvement;(3)  the benefit of the proposed improvement to the owner's property;  or(4)  any related matter.(c)  The amount of an assessment may not exceed the benefit the property owner receives in enhanced value to the property.(d)  The enhanced value to the property shall be determined at the hearing.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.043. Notice and Hearing: Rules

Sec. 312.043.  NOTICE AND HEARING:  RULES.  The governing body of a municipality by ordinance shall adopt rules providing for giving notice and hearing as provided by this subchapter.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.044. No Lien on Exempt Property; Liability of Owner

Sec. 312.044.  NO LIEN ON EXEMPT PROPERTY;  LIABILITY OF OWNER.  (a)  This chapter does not authorize a municipality to create a lien by assessment against property that by law is exempt from sale under execution.(b)  The owner of exempt property is personally liable for an assessment for the cost of an improvement fronting the property.(c)  The omission of an improvement fronting exempt property does not invalidate an assessment lien made against nonexempt property on the improved highway.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.045. Right to Appeal

Sec. 312.045.  RIGHT TO APPEAL.  (a)  A property owner against whose property or against whom the assessment has been made may bring suit to set aside or correct the assessment or any proceeding related to the assessment.  The suit or proceeding must be brought not later than the 20th day after the date on which an assessment is made.(b)  After the period provided by Subsection (a), the property owner and the property owner's successors are barred from:(1)  any action to set aside or correct the assessment or a related proceeding;  and(2)  raising a defense that alleges the invalidity of the assessment or of a related proceeding in any action in which the invalidity may be raised.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 312.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle E - Municipal Streets|Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets|Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien|Section 312.046. Enforcement of Assessment Lien and Liability

Sec. 312.046.  ENFORCEMENT OF ASSESSMENT LIEN AND LIABILITY.  (a)  An assessment lien created against property or the personal liability of the property owner may be enforced by suit or by sale of the assessed property in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal ad valorem taxes.(b)  A recital in a deed to property sold under Subsection (a) that all legal prerequisites to the assessment and sale of the property have been performed is prima facie evidence that the procedures and prerequisites were performed as stated.(c)  An assessment secured under Subchapter B by a lien on property is:(1)  the first enforceable claim against the property;  and(2)  superior to any other lien or claim except a lien or claim for state, county, or municipal taxes.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|