Sec. 651.353. CEMETERY ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS. (a) A cemetery may not conduct a cemetery business unless the facility is licensed by the commission.
(b) This chapter does not require a cemetery to be owned by a person licensed under this chapter.
(c) To obtain an initial cemetery license, an applicant must apply for a license and pay the licensing fee. The commission shall issue an initial cemetery license on determining that the applicant satisfies the requirements of this chapter.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) a family, fraternal, or community cemetery that is not larger than 10 acres;
(2) an unincorporated association of plot owners not operated for profit;
(3) a church, a religious society or denomination, or an entity solely administering the temporalities of a church or religious society or denomination;
(4) a public cemetery owned by this state, a county, or a municipality; or
(5) a perpetual care cemetery.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2009.
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