Tex. Transportation Code § 254.012
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 254.012, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 254.012. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the meeting to determine costs of ditch construction, the jury of view shall issue notice of the time and place of the meeting to each property owner or to the agent of each property owner who owns real property adjacent to or within one mile of the proposed ditch. The notice must state that:
(1) the purpose of the meeting is to determine each property owner's share of the expense of constructing the ditch; and
(2) each property owner's share of the total expense of constructing the ditch is to be a proportional share of one-half of the total expense of constructing the ditch.
(b) The notice may be served by anyone competent to testify and shall be returned and filed with the jury's final report.
(c) Notice to a property owner who is not a resident of the county and does not have an agent or representative in the county shall be published in a newspaper in the county in the manner provided for giving notice to a nonresident defendant in a district court action. The notice must be published at least four weeks before the jury's meeting date.
(1) the purpose of the meeting is to determine each property owner's share of the expense of constructing the ditch; and
(2) each property owner's share of the total expense of constructing the ditch is to be a proportional share of one-half of the total expense of constructing the ditch.
(b) The notice may be served by anyone competent to testify and shall be returned and filed with the jury's final report.
(c) Notice to a property owner who is not a resident of the county and does not have an agent or representative in the county shall be published in a newspaper in the county in the manner provided for giving notice to a nonresident defendant in a district court action. The notice must be published at least four weeks before the jury's meeting date.
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