Bill Text: TX HB515 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the establishment and operation of certain private family cemeteries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB515 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB515-Enrolled.html
 
 
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     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.
 
  ______________________________
  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.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
feedback