Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
Subtitle C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES |
Chapter 712. PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 712.002. EXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER
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This chapter 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; or
(4) a public cemetery owned by this state, a county, or a municipality.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.