Tex. Transp. Code § 255.005 · Chapter 255. COUNTY REGULATION OF SIGHT DISTANCES
ASSESSMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If after notice and expiration of the time permitted for a hearing request under this chapter, a person does not comply with an order adopted under this chapter, the commissioners court may remove, dispose of, or correct the obstruction and assess the costs incurred by the county in doing so against the owner of the property on which the obstruction was located.
(b) Interest accrues at an annual rate of 10 percent on any unpaid part of the costs.
(c) If a person assessed costs under this section does not pay the costs within 60 days after the date of assessment, a lien in favor of the county attaches to the property from which the obstruction was removed or corrected to secure the payment of the costs and interest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.255.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 feb307bd559f6fc53c99b5081cd6d8b43b4d2706f84b33b709ae57ee7c78d504
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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