Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1571 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/09/2021

                    87R13026 EAS-F
 By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1571


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery
 location restrictions.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 711.008, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
 (l)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a cemetery established
 and operating before September 1, 2021, in a municipality:
 (1)  with a population of not less than 75,000 and not
 more than 95,000; and
 (2)  in which a state veterans cemetery is located.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.