{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-712.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.002","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a family, fraternal, or community cemetery that is not larger than 10 acres;\n(2) an unincorporated association of plot owners not operated for profit;\n(3) a church, a religious society or denomination, or an entity solely administering the temporalities of a church or religious society or denomination; or\n(4) a public cemetery owned by this state, a county, or a municipality.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 712. PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.712.htm#712.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e3b04f286147d7256376c98d879fc9a234b7e4606fc32fdc7c71b7a32b2804af","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-712.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-712.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}