{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.003","heading":"LOCATION OF CREMATORY.","body":"(a) A crematory may be constructed on or adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery or adjacent to a funeral establishment.\n(b) A crematory, other than a crematory registered with the commission on September 1, 2003, must:\n(1) be adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery or funeral establishment; and\n(2) be owned or operated by the person that owns or operates the perpetual care cemetery or funeral establishment.\n(c) In this section, \"adjacent to\" means that a part of the property on which the crematory is to be constructed has a common boundary with:\n(1) the perpetual care cemetery or property on which the funeral establishment is located; or\n(2) a public easement, a utility easement, or a railroad right-of-way that has a common boundary with the perpetual care cemetery or property on which the funeral establishment is located.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"73b8f4f47dfe474b356109f5ffbb99166c84c2b8e0e284f780a4d9998d2b8d68","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.0035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}