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 713. LOCAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES |
Subchapter A. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES |
Sec. 713.002. LOCAL TRUST FOR CEMETERY
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(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 of the lots and graves in the cemetery.
(b) To act as a trustee, a majority of the municipality's governing body must adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the municipality's willingness and intention to act as a trustee. When the ordinance or resolution is adopted and the trust is accepted, the trust is perpetual.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.