{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.028","heading":"COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS.","body":"(a) For purposes of historical preservation or public health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to maintain a cemetery that is at least 50 years old.\n(b) This section does not apply to a perpetual care cemetery or a cemetery maintained by a religious or fraternal organization.\n(c) At the discretion of the commissioners court, a county may permit the use of public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to open and close graves in a cemetery described by Subsection (a).\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 853 (S.B. 951), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 129), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2005.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 492 (H.B. 4179), Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 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 B. COUNTY REGULATION OF CEMETERIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.713.htm#713.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f598221536d5e4918870735b27de0a5298c20d7c1f07ac1115c1b9e0d46b6e7b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.0271","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-713.029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}