Tex. Transportation Code § 315.061
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 315.061, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 315.061. AUTHORITY TO ASSESS COSTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A municipality may assess against owners of abutting property who will specially benefit from lighting improvements the entire cost, including labor and material, of installing the improvements.
(b) A municipality may impose a lien against abutting property to secure the payment of the assessment against that property.
(c) Costs may not be assessed against any property or property owner and personal liability for costs may not be finally determined until after the hearing under Section 315.066 and the adjustment of equities between or among abutting property owners under Section 315.063.
(b) A municipality may impose a lien against abutting property to secure the payment of the assessment against that property.
(c) Costs may not be assessed against any property or property owner and personal liability for costs may not be finally determined until after the hearing under Section 315.066 and the adjustment of equities between or among abutting property owners under Section 315.063.
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