81R19883 YDB-D By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 1031 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1031: By: Gattis C.S.H.B. No. 1031 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to maintenance of roads on the property of a perpetual care cemetery. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 712.007(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) A corporation must include the following statement in each sales contract, certificate of ownership, or other instrument of conveyance of the exclusive right of sepulture: "This cemetery is operated as a perpetual care cemetery, which means that a perpetual care fund for its maintenance has been established in conformity with the laws of the State of Texas. Perpetual care means to maintain, repair, and care for the cemetery, including the roads on cemetery property." SECTION 2. The amendment of Section 712.007(c), Health and Safety Code, by this Act is intended to clarify rather than change existing law. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.