Tex. Transp. Code § 254.004 · Chapter 254. DRAINAGE ON PUBLIC ROADS
HEARING AND DETERMINATION ON ESTABLISHING DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At the hearing on the petition, the commissioners court shall:
(1) consider the petition and hear all testimony for or against its provisions; and
(2) determine whether the drainage system proposed by the petition is necessary or advisable for the public benefit.
(b) If the court approves the petition, the court shall:
(1) order the decision entered into the court's minutes and made part of the record; and
(2) enter into the minutes whether notice was properly served.
(c) The court's order is final if notice was properly served.
(d) If the court disapproves the petition for the drainage system, the court may not hear another application for the drainage system before the first anniversary of the date of disapproval.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.254.htm
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