Sec. 313.048.  HEARING.  (a)  A hearing under this subchapter shall be before the governing body of the municipality.
(b)  The owner of property abutting a proposed improvement or the owner of an affected railway is entitled to:
(1)  be heard on any matter for which a hearing is a constitutional prerequisite to the validity of an assessment under this chapter;  and
(2)  contest:
(A)  the amount of the proposed assessment;
(B)  the lien and liability for the assessment;
(C)  the special benefit of the proposed improvement to the abutting property and the owner of the abutting property;  and
(D)  the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, or validity of the proceedings or contract for the improvement and proposed assessment.
(c)  The governing body may:
(1)  correct an error, inaccuracy, irregularity, or invalidity;
(2)  supply a deficiency;
(3)  determine the amount of an assessment;
(4)  determine any other necessary matter;  and
(5)  by ordinance, end the hearing and impose the assessment before, during, or after the construction of the improvement.
(d)  An assessment may not:
(1)  exceed the enhanced value to the property as determined at the hearing;  or
(2)  be made to mature before the municipality accepts the improvement for which the assessment is imposed.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.