Texas Water Code 57.269 – Hearing; Judgment
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(a) An owner of land or other property affected by the report of the commissioners of appraisement or by the engineer’s report may file an objection to any or all parts of the report of the commissioners of appraisement at or before the hearing on the report.
(b) A person on whose land no damages have been assessed and who believes that his land will be damaged by prosecution of the engineer’s report may file with the secretary of the board a claim for damages.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 57.269
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The commissioners of appraisement, at the time and place named in the notice, shall hear and decide all objections and claims for damages and may make changes and modifications in the report.
(d) The commissioners of appraisement may adjourn the hearing from day to day.
(e) After modifying the report to conform to the changes decided on at the hearing, the commissioners of appraisement shall make a decree confirming the report as modified.
(f) If necessary the commissioners shall condemn and adjudge damages for land inside or outside the district that is needed for right-of-way or other purposes.
(g) The commissioners shall adjudge and apportion costs incurred on the hearing in an equitable manner.
(h) The findings of the commissioners of appraisement as to benefits is final and conclusive.
(i) The secretary shall record the findings of benefits in the minutes of the board and shall file certified copies of the findings with the county clerk of each county in which any portion of the land inside the district is located. The filing is notice to all persons of the contents of the decree.