Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 713.0271
Cemetery Owned by Certain Counties

A county with a population of more than 800,000 that borders a county with a population of more than 3.3 million may own, operate, and maintain a cemetery.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 492 (H.B. 4179), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 101, eff. September 1, 2023.
Sec. 713.028. COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS. (a) For purposes of historical preservation or public health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 (Manual Labor), Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to maintain a cemetery that is at least 50 years old.

(b)

This section does not apply to a perpetual care cemetery or a cemetery maintained by a religious or fraternal organization.

(c)

At the discretion of the commissioners court, a county may permit the use of public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 (Manual Labor), Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to open and close graves in a cemetery described by Subsection (a).
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 853 (S.B. 951), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 129), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 492 (H.B. 4179), Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 2019.

Source: Section 713.0271 — Cemetery Owned by Certain Counties, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­713.­htm#713.­0271 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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