Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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 |
Sec. 286.005. APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS
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(a) The commissioners court shall apportion the part of the cost of an improvement assessed against abutting property among the parcels of the abutting property and the property's owners in accordance with the front foot rule.
(b) If, in the opinion of the commissioners court, application of the front foot rule would result in injustice or inequity in a particular case, the commissioners court may apportion and assess the cost in the proportion the commissioners court determines just and equitable to produce a substantial equality of benefits received and burdens imposed.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.