GroundRules
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.002: LOCAL TRUST FOR CEMETERY.
Where this section sits in the code
- 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
(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.
Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON