Sec. 313.048. HEARING

(a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be before the governing body of the municipality.

(b) The owner of property abutting a proposed improvement or the owner of an affected railway is entitled to:

(1) be heard on any matter for which a hearing is a constitutional prerequisite to the validity of an assessment under this chapter; and

(2) contest:

(A) the amount of the proposed assessment;

(B) the lien and liability for the assessment;

(C) the special benefit of the proposed improvement to the abutting property and the owner of the abutting property; and

(D) the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, or validity of the proceedings or contract for the improvement and proposed assessment.

(c) The governing body may:

(1) correct an error, inaccuracy, irregularity, or invalidity;

(2) supply a deficiency;

(3) determine the amount of an assessment;

(4) determine any other necessary matter; and

(5) by ordinance, end the hearing and impose the assessment before, during, or after the construction of the improvement.

(d) An assessment may not:

(1) exceed the enhanced value to the property as determined at the hearing; or

(2) be made to mature before the municipality accepts the improvement for which the assessment is imposed.

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