{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.008","heading":"TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL TRUST BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 310 (H.B. 2198), Sec. 1\nFor text of section as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (H.B. 2812), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 713.008.\n(a) The governing body of a municipality in a county with a population of at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000 may abolish the municipality's perpetual trust fund for a cemetery and use the fund, including both principal and interest, for permanent improvements to the cemetery.\n(b) The governing body of a municipality in a county with a population of at least 40,000 but not more than 80,000 and that contains a portion of the Angelina National Forest may abolish the municipality's perpetual trust fund for a cemetery and use the fund, including both principal and interest, for permanent improvements to the cemetery. Termination of a trust fund under this subsection does not constitute renouncement of a trust or failure to act as its trustee under this subchapter.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 222, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 136 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 310 (H.B. 2198), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","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#713.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"434115458e212314b5c5630a331f01513a2378ba168d1013ffc60774f7bdde84","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.008-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}