SUBCHAPTER G. ANNUAL REVIEW TO EXCLUDE LAND IN CROSBY COUNTY

Sec. 78.071. ANNUAL REVIEW. (a) The Commissioners Court of Crosby County shall establish a regular time once every calendar year to review petitions for excluding land from the district.

(b) The Commissioners Court of Crosby County shall publish notice of the hearing once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the district. The first publication shall appear at least 15 days and not more than 40 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) The notice shall advise all persons eligible to sign a petition under this chapter of their right to present petitions for exclusions and offer evidence in support of the petition and their right to contest any proposed exclusions based on either a petition or the court's own conclusions.

(d) A person eligible to sign a petition under this chapter within the district may file a petition with the commissioners court requesting that land be excluded from the district. A petition for exclusion shall be filed with the court at least 10 days before the date of the hearing and shall state clearly the reasons why the land will not benefit from inclusion in the district.

(e) After considering all evidence presented to it, if the commissioners court finds that the land described in a petition for exclusion does not benefit from inclusion in the district, the court shall declare the land excluded and shall redefine the boundaries of the district accordingly.

(f) The owner of the excluded land is not exempt from liability for any amounts due to the district prior to exclusion of the land.

(g) Land excluded from the district under this section may be included in the district at a later time after petition, notice, and hearing as provided in this section for exclusion of land from the district.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1218, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.