By: Muñoz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1571
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; May 10, 2021, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1571 By: Hancock
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, 2023, 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.
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