{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.001","heading":"MUNICIPAL CEMETERY AUTHORIZED.","body":"The governing body of a municipality may:\n(1) purchase, establish, and regulate a cemetery; and\n(2) enclose and improve a cemetery owned by the municipality.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.713.htm#713.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"eb5447847041f68195060d2cc5fdc212e9bf3c563246c33de8d6235fa0895e37","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-712.068","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}