86R4617 EAS-D
By: Bailes H.B. No. 515
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment and operation of certain private
family cemeteries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 711.008(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a private family
cemetery that:
(1) was established and operating on or before
September 1, 2009; or
(2) is established and operating on land outside the
boundaries of a municipality that has been owned or occupied by
members of the same family for at least three generations and that
is within 10 miles of the largest prison cemetery in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.