Texas Health And Safety Code Title 8, Chapter 713 - Local Regulation Of Cemeteries

SUBCHAPTER A MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES

• Texas Section 713.001 - Municipal Cemetery Authorized
  The governing body of a municipality may: (1) purchase, establish, and regulate a cemetery; and (2) enclose and improve a cemetery owned by the municipality....
• Texas Section 713.002 - Local Trust For Cemetery
  (a) A municipality that owns or operates a cemetery or has control of cemetery property may act as a permanent trustee for the perpetual maintenance...
• Texas Section 713.003 - Local Authority To Receive Gifts; Deposits For Care; Certificates
  (a) A municipality that is a trustee for the perpetual maintenance of a cemetery may adopt reasonable rules to receive a gift or grant from...
• Texas Section 713.004 - Use Of Funds
  (a) A municipality may invest and reinvest deposits under this subchapter in interest-bearing bonds or governmental securities. (b) The principal of the funds must be...
• Texas Section 713.005 - Deposit Records
  (a) A municipality that acts as a trustee under this subchapter shall maintain a permanent, well-bound record book including, for each deposit made: (1) the...
• Texas Section 713.006 - Tax
  (a) A municipality acting as a trustee for a cemetery may include in the municipality's annual budget an amount considered necessary for cemetery maintenance. (b)...
• Texas Section 713.007 - Appointment Of Successor Trustee
  The district judge of the county in which the cemetery is located shall appoint a suitable successor or trustee to faithfully execute a trust in...
• Texas Section 713.008 - Termination Of Municipal Trust By Certain Municipalities
  The governing body of a municipality in a county with a population of at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000 may abolish the municipality's...
• Texas Section 713.009 - Local Possession And Control Of Unkept Or Abandoned Cemetery
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (i), a municipality with a cemetery inside the municipality's boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction may, by resolution, take possession and...
• Texas Section 713.010 - Private Care Of Graves
  This subchapter does not affect the right of a person who has an interest in a grave or burial lot, or who is related within...

SUBCHAPTER B COUNTY REGULATION OF CEMETERIES

• Texas Section 713.011 - Maintenance Of Municipal Cemeteries
  (a) A municipality that operates or has jurisdiction over a public cemetery shall maintain the cemetery in a condition that does not endanger the public...
• Texas Section 713.021 - County Trust For Cemetery
  A commissioners court by resolution may establish a perpetual trust fund to provide maintenance for a neglected or unkept public or private cemetery in the...
• Texas Section 713.022 - Gifts For Maintenance Of Cemetery
  (a) A trustee for a county perpetual trust fund may adopt reasonable rules to receive a gift or grant from any source and to determine...
• Texas Section 713.023 - Use Of Funds
  (a) The trustee may invest the fund in interest-bearing bonds or federal, state, or local government securities. (b) The principal of the fund must be...
• Texas Section 713.024 - Appointment Of Successor Trustee
  If a county judge who is acting as a trustee under this subchapter vacates the office or renounces the trust, the district judge shall appoint...
• Texas Section 713.025 - Private Care Of Graves
  This subchapter does not affect the right of a person to maintain a grave or burial lot in a cemetery if the person: (1) has...
• Texas Section 713.026 - Use Of Public Funds And Property Prohibited; Exceptions
  (a) Except as provided by Sections 713.027 and 713.028, a trustee of a fund established under this subchapter or a member of the commissioners court...
• Texas Section 713.027 - Cemetery Owned By County Of 8,200 Or Less
  (a) A county with a population of 8,200 or less may own, operate, and maintain a cemetery and sell the right of burial in the...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 713.029 - County Authority To Purchase Burial Grounds For Veterans
  (a) A commissioners court may purchase burial grounds to be used exclusively for the burial of honorably discharged persons who: (1) have served in the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016