Section 62.202. Hearing

TX Loc Govt Code § 62.202 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 62.202. HEARING. (a) Before the 60th day after the date the petition is filed, the district judge of the court shall hold a hearing on the petition. Members of the public who wish to give testimony on the matter of abolishing the municipality must be given the opportunity to do so at the hearing.

(b) The district judge must publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which all or a majority of the land in the municipality is located. The notice must be published before the 10th day before the date of the hearing. The notice must state:

(1) the date, time, and place of the hearing;

(2) the purpose of the hearing; and

(3) the name of the municipality that is the subject of the hearing.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 8(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.