H.B. No. 515
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 515 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 515 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor