(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

r 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.