86R16847 EAS-F
By: Miller H.B. No. 4179
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the cemeteries in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 713, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 713.0271 to read as follows:
Sec. 713.0271. CEMETERY OWNED BY CERTAIN COUNTIES. A
county with a population of more than 550,000 that borders a county
with a population of more than 3.3 million may own, operate, and
maintain a cemetery.
SECTION 2. Section 713.028(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of historical preservation or public
health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public
funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article
43.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to maintain
a cemetery that is at least [has a grave marker more than] 50 years
old.
SECTION 3. Section 713.026(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 713.027, 713.0271, and
713.028, a trustee of a fund established under this subchapter or a
member of the commissioners court or any other elected county
officer may not pay or use public funds or county employees,
equipment, or property to maintain a neglected or unkept public or
private cemetery.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.