Texas Health And Safety Code Title 8, Chapter 715 - Certain Historic Cemeteries

• Texas Section 715.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Burial park," "cemetery purposes," "crematory," "mausoleum," and "plot" have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001. (2) "Cemetery" means a place that...
• Texas Section 715.002 - Petition Of Nonprofit Corporation
  A nonprofit corporation organized under this chapter to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery may petition the district court of the county in which...
• Texas Section 715.003 - Parties To Action
  An action commenced under this chapter shall be brought by the incorporators of the nonprofit corporation on behalf of the nonprofit corporation. The necessary parties...
• Texas Section 715.004 - Contents Of Petition
  (a) A petition filed by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter must contain a legal description of the real property comprising the historic cemetery and...
• Texas Section 715.005 - Written Plan
  (a) The written plan accompanying the nonprofit corporation's petition must include: (1) a description of the actions to be taken by the nonprofit corporation to...
• Texas Section 715.006 - Service Of Citation
  (a) Before the 31st day after the date an action is commenced by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter, the nonprofit corporation shall cause citation...
• Texas Section 715.007 - Hearing
  (a) Not later than the 90th day after the date the petition is filed, the court shall hold a hearing on the petition. (b) Notice...
• Texas Section 715.008 - Court Order
  (a) The court shall issue an order authorizing the nonprofit corporation to restore, operate, and maintain the cemetery if the court finds that: (1) the...
• Texas Section 715.009 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The members of a nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery are the plot and property owners of the cemetery....
• Texas Section 715.010 - Organizational Meeting
  (a) A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery shall, not later than the 10th day after the date of the...
• Texas Section 715.011 - Powers And Duties Of Nonprofit Corporation; Trust Fund
  (a) A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery may divide cemetery property into lots and subdivisions for cemetery purposes and...
• Texas Section 715.012 - Crematory Prohibited
  A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a cemetery under this chapter may not construct, establish, or maintain a crematory. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 715.013 - Adjacent Or Contiguous Cemetery
  A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery may not acquire land for cemetery purposes that is adjacent or contiguous to...
• Texas Section 715.014 - Cemetery Open To Public
  A historic cemetery restored, operated, and maintained by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter must remain open to the public. Added by Acts 1995, 74th...
• Texas Section 715.015 - Exemption
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a perpetual care cemetery; or (2) a family cemetery. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 899, Sec....

Last modified: September 28, 2016