81R11652 SJM-D
By: Jones H.B. No. 1791
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 713.008, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 713.008. TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL TRUST BY CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. The governing body of a municipality in a county
with a population of at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000
[133,000] 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.