By: Morrison (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2812
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust
fund for a cemetery.
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. (a) This section applies to the [The] governing
body of a municipality in a county with a population of:
(1) at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000; or
(2) at least 20,000 but not more than 21,000.
(b) The governing body of a municipality to which this
section applies 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 September 1, 2019.
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