Sec. 286.005. APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS. (a) The commissioners court shall apportion the part of the cost of an improvement assessed against abutting property among the parcels of the abutting property and the property's owners in accordance with the front foot rule.
(b) If, in the opinion of the commissioners court, application of the front foot rule would result in injustice or inequity in a particular case, the commissioners court may apportion and assess the cost in the proportion the commissioners court determines just and equitable to produce a substantial equality of benefits received and burdens imposed.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties
Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties
Subchapter A. Road Improvements and Assessments by Galveston or Cameron County Commissioners Court
Section 286.001. Applicability
Section 286.002. Road Improvement and Assessment
Section 286.003. Assessment Limited
Section 286.004. Assessment of Exempt Property
Section 286.005. Apportionment of Costs
Section 286.006. Changes in Improvement Proceedings; Abandonment
Section 286.007. Notice and Other Prehearing Requirements
Section 286.010. Defenses to Actions for Assessments
Section 286.011. Word or Act of Officer or Employee
Section 286.012. Certificate of Assessment
Section 286.013. Validity of Assessment
Section 286.014. Correction of Assessment; Subsequent Assessment