{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.032","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.032","heading":"DISCRIMINATION BY RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A cemetery organization may not adopt or enforce a rule that prohibits interment because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent.\n(b) A provision of a contract entered into by a cemetery organization or of a certificate of ownership or other instrument of conveyance issued by a cemetery organization that prohibits interment in a cemetery because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent is void.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 711. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES","SUBCHAPTER C. CEMETERY ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.711.htm#711.032","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e8605b0ed929f0c021440e9c9f3b5e711a94714ce85cd5a67823fc9b4b8382c5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}