Texas Transportation Code 286.009 – Appeal
(a) Not later than the 15th day after the date the commissioners court makes an assessment under Section 286.002, a person who owns or claims an interest in the assessed property may appeal the assessment in district court. The person may contest:
(1) the amount of the assessment;
(2) an inaccuracy, irregularity, invalidity, or insufficiency in a proceeding or contract related to the improvement or assessment; or
(3) any other matter that is not in the discretion of the commissioners court.
(b) A person who does not bring a suit within the time provided by Subsection (a):
(1) waives the right to contest a matter that might have been heard at the hearing; and
(2) is barred and estopped from contesting the assessment or any matter related to the assessment.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 286.009
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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