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Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 286.008

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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

The commissioners court shall hold a hearing at which a person who owns an interest in property that abuts a county road that is to be improved under this subchapter may be heard on any matter relating to the improvement or a proposed assessment including:
(1) the amount of the assessment;
(2) the lien and liability created by the assessment;
(3) the special benefit to the property and the property owner because of the improvement; and
(4) the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, and validity of a proceeding or contract related to the improvement or assessment.