Texas § HS.713.028 - COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § HS.713.028 — COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ HS.713.028. COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS
COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS. (a) For purposes of historical preservation or public health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to maintain a cemetery that is at least 50 years old. (b) This section does not apply to a perpetual care cemetery or a cemetery maintained by a religious or fraternal organization. (c) At the discretion of the commissioners court, a county may permit the use of public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to open and close graves in a cemetery described by Subsection (a). Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 853 (S.B. 951 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 129 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 492 (H.B. 4179 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 2019.
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