{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-286.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 286.003","heading":"ASSESSMENT LIMITED.","body":"(a) The commissioners court may not make an assessment against abutting property or the owners of the property in excess of the special benefit to the property and its owner in enhanced value caused by an improvement ordered under Section 286.002(a).\n(b) A railroad right-of-way does not benefit from an improvement described by Section 286.002(a), and the commissioners court may not assess the cost of the improvement against a railroad right-of-way.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.286.htm#286.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"8e9b2db12e5d5e91fa2b7a0a049cc2d950e48c2649cb45473cb565bdabe0c22a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-286.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-286.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}