Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 313.022. CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY. (a) A municipality may contract with another municipality for one municipality to make an improvement to a part of a highway as provided by this chapter and for the other to pay a part of the cost of the improvement if: …

Sec. 313.023. PAYMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT. Payment for an improvement under this chapter may be paid entirely by the municipality or may be paid partly by the municipality and partly by property abutting the part of the highway ordered to be improved and the owners of that property. …

Sec. 313.024. ESTIMATE OF COST. If part of the cost of an improvement is to be paid by the property abutting the part of the highway to be improved and the owner of the property, the governing body shall prepare an estimate of the cost of the improvement before the improvement is…

Sec. 313.041. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "railway" includes a street railway and an interurban. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 313.042. ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE. (a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may assess the cost of an improvement under this chapter against property that abuts the highway or part of the highway the municipality orders to be improved and against the owner of the pr…

Sec. 313.043. ASSESSMENT AGAINST PARCELS OWNED JOINTLY. (a) A single assessment may be made against multiple parcels of property owned by the same person. (b) Property owned jointly may be assessed jointly. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 313.044. ASSESSMENT APPORTIONED UNDER FRONT FOOT RULE UNLESS INEQUITABLE. (a) A cost of an improvement that is assessed against abutting property and the owners of the property shall be apportioned among the parcels of abutting property and the owners of the property in acco…

Sec. 313.045. ASSESSMENT OR TAX ON RAILWAYS FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The governing body of a municipality may assess against a railway that uses, occupies, or crosses a highway the cost of a highway improvement in the area between, under, or in the area extending two feet ou…

Sec. 313.046. ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY. (a) If part of the boundary of a municipality is on or along a highway, the municipality may improve that part of the highway and assess a part of the cost of the improvement against the abutting property on both sides…

Sec. 313.047. NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENT. (a) An assessment may be made against an abutting property or its owner or against a railway or its owner only after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided by this section and Section 313.048. (b) Notice of the hearing shall …

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 con…

Sec. 313.049. APPEAL OF ASSESSMENT. (a) A person who owns or claims an interest in assessed property or in an assessed railway may bring suit to contest: (1) the amount of the assessment; (2) an inaccuracy, irregularity, invalidity, or insufficiency of the proceedings or contract…

Sec. 313.050. CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. If an assessment is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the governing body of the municipality may: (1) supply any deficiency in the assessment proceedings; (2) correct any mistake or irregularity in connection with the assessment; …

Sec. 313.051. NO LIEN ON EXEMPT PROPERTY; LIABILITY OF OWNER. (a) This chapter does not authorize a lien against an interest in property that, at the time an improvement is ordered, is exempt from any lien created by an assessment for a street improvement. (b) Notwithstanding Sub…

Sec. 313.052. ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES. (a) The governing body may issue in the name of the municipality an assignable certificate to evidence an assessment imposed. The certificate may declare the lien on the property and the liability of the owner of the property regardless of w…

Sec. 313.053. CHANGES IN PROCEEDINGS; PROCEDURE. (a) The governing body of a municipality may change a plan, method, or contract for an improvement or other proceeding related to a plan, method, or contract for an improvement. (b) A change that substantially affects the nature or…

Sec. 313.054. ENFORCEMENT OF ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY OF LIEN; DEFENSES. (a) An assessment under this subchapter: (1) is collectible with interest, expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees, if incurred; (2) is a first and prior lien on the property on which the lien is c…

Sec. 313.055. CHAPTER NOT AFFECTED BY STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. Nothing said or done by an employee or officer of a municipality, including a member of the governing body of the municipality, as shown in the municipality's written proceedings and o…