Tex. Transp. Code Section 257.104
Notice of Hearing on Petition


(a)

On presentation of a petition under Section 257.102 (Petition to Establish Road District), the commissioners court of each county shall order the time for the petition to be heard on a date not less than 15 or more than 30 days after the date of the order. The hearing shall be held at the regular meeting place of the commissioners court in the county courthouse.

(b)

The county clerk shall immediately issue notice of the time and place of the hearing. The notice must:

(1)

inform all interested persons of the time and place of the hearing and of their right to appear at the hearing and support or protest the ordering of the election; and

(2)

set forth in substance the contents of the petition, including the name of each county proposed to be included in whole or part in the road district.

(c)

Before the 10th day before the date of the hearing, the clerk shall post a copy of the notice:

(1)

at the courthouse door; and

(2)

at a public place in each commissioners precinct contained in whole or part in the proposed road district.

(d)

Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing, the clerk shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the posting of the notice as provided by Subsection (c) is sufficient.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 257.104 — Notice of Hearing on Petition, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­257.­htm#257.­104 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

257.001
Road District or Precinct Operating Under Road Bond Law Designated Body Corporate
257.002
Contracts of Road District or Precinct Operating Under Road Bond Law
257.003
Acquisition of Roads
257.004
Road District Signs
257.005
Notice to Purchasers of Real Property in Road District
257.006
Applicability of Chapter to County Operating Under Special Road Tax Law
257.021
Establishment of Road Districts
257.022
Abolition of Road District
257.023
Exclusion of Certain Territory of Existing Districts from Road District
257.024
Excluding Real Property from Road District
257.025
Adding Real Property to Road District by Property Owner Petition
257.026
Adding Territory to Road District by Petition or on Commissioners Court Motion
257.101
Road District Authorized
257.102
Petition to Establish Road District
257.103
Change in Roads Designated in Petition
257.104
Notice of Hearing on Petition
257.105
Hearing on Petition
257.106
Order of Election to Establish District
257.107
Election to Establish District
257.108
Ex Officio District Directors
257.109
Meetings of Commissioners or Directors
257.110
District Treasurer or Depository
257.111
Purchase of Improved Roads
257.112
Bonds and Tax Authorized
257.113
Order for Bond Election
257.114
Notice of Bond Election
257.115
Declaration of Bond Election Results
257.116
Orders to Issue Bonds and Levy Tax
257.117
Levy of Bond Tax
257.118
Issuance of Bonds
257.119
Sale of Bonds
257.120
Bond Proceeds
257.121
Application of County Bond Laws
257.122
Interest Rate and Maturity of Bonds
257.123
Bond Records
257.124
Bond Warrants

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 257.104’s source at texas​.gov