Texas Occupations Code § 651.1571 Inspection Requirements For Certain Cemeteries; Exception For Perpetual Care Cemeteries

Sec. 651.1571. INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CEMETERIES; EXCEPTION FOR PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES. (a) This section and Section 651.157 do not apply to perpetual care cemeteries.

(b) Except as provided by Section 651.157(b):

(1) a cemetery may not be inspected unless:

(A) an interment has occurred in the cemetery within the two years preceding the inspection; or

(B) the commission has received a complaint about the cemetery; and

(2) the commission shall give lower priority to an inspection of a cemetery than to an inspection of a crematory or funeral establishment.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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