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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.004: PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND REQUIRED.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
  3. SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES
  4. CHAPTER 712. PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Before obtaining a corporate charter, the incorporators of a corporation chartered on or after September 3, 1945, and before September 1, 1993, must establish a fund by permanently depositing in cash with the trustee of the fund:

(1) $15,000, if the corporation has capital stock of $15,000;

(2) $30,000, if the corporation has capital stock of $30,000; or

(3) $50,000, if the corporation has capital stock of $50,000 or more.

(b) Before obtaining a corporate charter, the incorporators of a corporation chartered on or after September 1, 1993, must establish a fund by permanently depositing in cash with the trustee of the fund an amount of not less than $50,000 for each perpetual care cemetery operated in this state.

(c) The fund shall be permanently set aside and deposited in trust with the trustee in accordance with Subchapter B.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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