A subregional board may not consider certain major service plan changes unless it holds a public hearing first, and it must give written mailed notice before that hearing.
Sec. 452.303. MAJOR SERVICE PLAN CHANGE: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The subregional board of an authority described by Section 452.301 may not, without holding a public hearing on the proposed change, consider a change in the service plan that would: (1) change the location of a right-of-way of a fixed guideway system; (2) change or add a width of a right-of-way of a fixed guideway system; (3) change a grade separation or add a grade separation to a fixed guideway system; (4) move the location of a station of a fixed guideway system; (5) reclassify the aerial, at-grade, or subgrade vertical alignment of a fixed guideway or establish the vertical alignment of a fixed guideway; (6) move the location of: (A) a parking lot; (B) a maintenance facility; or (C) an off-street transfer center; (7) add a facility listed in Subdivisions (1)-(6); or (8) add a route for a fixed guideway system. (b) Before holding a public hearing required under Subsection (a), the subregional board shall in writing notify: (1) each owner of real property located within 400 feet, including streets and alleys, of the boundary of the proposed right-of-way or the boundary of property on which the facility is proposed to be located; and (2) the governing body of each municipality and the commissioners court of each county in which the changed or additional right-of-way or facility is to be located. (c) The notice required by this section must be given to each governing body and to the property owners shown by the municipal or county tax roll at least 20 days before the date of the hearing by depositing the notice in the United States mail. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.