Sec. 286.009. APPEAL  


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  • (a) Not later than the 15th day after the date the commissioners court makes an assessment under Section 286.002, a person who owns or claims an interest in the assessed property may appeal the assessment in district court. The person may contest:

    (1) the amount of the assessment;

    (2) an inaccuracy, irregularity, invalidity, or insufficiency in a proceeding or contract related to the improvement or assessment; or

    (3) any other matter that is not in the discretion of the commissioners court.

    (b) A person who does not bring a suit within the time provided by Subsection (a):

    (1) waives the right to contest a matter that might have been heard at the hearing; and

    (2) is barred and estopped from contesting the assessment or any matter related to the assessment.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.