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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.022: GIFTS FOR MAINTENANCE OF 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 B. COUNTY REGULATION OF CEMETERIES
(a) A trustee for a county perpetual trust fund may adopt reasonable rules to receive a gift or grant from any source and to determine the amount necessary for permanent maintenance of the cemetery.
(b) A person who is interested in the maintenance of a neglected or unkept public or private cemetery in the county may make a gift to the trust fund for maintenance of the cemetery.
(c) The trustee's acceptance of the gift is a perpetual trust for the maintenance of the cemetery.
(d) On acceptance of the gift, the trustee shall instruct the county treasurer to issue a certificate to the donor. The certificate must state:
(1) the amount and purpose of the gift; and
(2) other information determined necessary by the trustee.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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