Texas § 313.046 ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY.

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§ 313.046 — ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY.

Texas § 313.046

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 313.046 (2026).

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Sec. 313.046. ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY.

(a)If part of the boundary of a municipality is on or along a highway, the municipality may improve that part of the highway and assess a part of the cost of the improvement against the abutting property on both sides of the highway as provided by Section 313.048 .

(b)If the highway is wholly or partly in another municipality, the improvement and assessments are subject to consent of the governing body of the other municipality.

(c)An assessment imposed under Section 313.048 against abutting property that is in a municipality other than the municipality initiating the improvement is valid only if the governing body of the other municipality by ordinance or resolution ratifies the assessment.

(d)A person who owns or claims th

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Sec. 313.046. ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY. (a) If part of the boundary of a municipality is on or along a highway, the municipality may improve that part of the highway and assess a part of the cost of the improvement against the abutting property on both sides of the highway as provided by Section 313.048 .
(b) If the highway is wholly or partly in another municipality, the improvement and assessments are subject to consent of the governing body of the other municipality.
(c) An assessment imposed under Section 313.048 against abutting property that is in a municipality other than the municipality initiating the improvement is valid only if the governing body of the other municipality by ordinance or resolution ratifies the assessment.
(d) A person who owns or claims the abutting property has, in addition to the right of appeal provided by Section 313.049 , the right of appeal from an assessment for 15 days after the date the ratifying ordinance or resolution is adopted by the governing body of the other municipality.
(e) If the governing body of the other municipality does not ratify the assessment within 30 days after the date of the ordinance or resolution imposing the assessment, the municipality that initiated the improvement may repeal and annul all of the assessment proceedings, including a contract for the improvement.
(f) The failure of the governing body of the other municipality to ratify an assessment does not affect the validity of an assessment imposed against property that is in the municipality that initiated the improvement.