{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-715.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 715.013","heading":"ADJACENT OR CONTIGUOUS CEMETERY.","body":"A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a historic cemetery may not acquire land for cemetery purposes that is adjacent or contiguous to the cemetery unless the adjacent or contiguous land is operated as a perpetual care cemetery under Chapter 712. The nonprofit corporation may not petition the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located to remove the dedication with respect to all or any portion of the cemetery.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 715. CERTAIN HISTORIC CEMETERIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.715.htm#715.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4a5c83afc7662ff2ed03a2e78c92852bacd33634a14ef5f6f0b8d42e14ca9ecc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-715.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-715.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}