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 B. COUNTY REGULATION OF CEMETERIES |
Sec. 713.025. PRIVATE CARE OF GRAVES
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This subchapter does not affect the right of a person to maintain a grave or burial lot in a cemetery if the person:
(1) has an interest in the grave or burial lot; or
(2) is related within the fifth degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to, or is a direct descendant of, a decedent interred in a cemetery maintained by a trustee under this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 34, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009.