Bill Text: TX HB5175 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 5175

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Bill Title: Relating to access to certain cemeteries.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB5175 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5175-Engrossed.html

	88R25246 EAS-F

	By: Collier, Orr	H.B. No. 5175



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access to certain cemeteries.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 711.041, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a) Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private
	burial grounds for which no public ingress or egress is available
	shall have the right to reasonable ingress and egress for the
	purpose of visiting the cemetery or private burial grounds. This
	right of access extends only to visitation during the hours
	determined by the owner or owners of the lands under Subsection (b)
	or at a reasonable time as provided by Subsection (c) or (c-1) and
	only for purposes usually associated with cemetery visits.
	(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the owner or owners
	of the lands surrounding a cemetery or private burial grounds must
	allow a person to enter and exit the owner's land for the purpose of
	visiting the cemetery or private burial grounds between the hours
	of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. every day of the year.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.