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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 77(R)

HOUSE BILL 1459  

HOUSE AUTHOR: Williams

EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01         

SENATE SPONSOR: Armbrister

House Bill 1459 amends the Health and Safety Code to delete the provision that authorizes the children of a deceased cemetery plot owner to transfer the right of sepulture in an unused grave, niche, or crypt of a plot in which the plot owner has been interred, and it clarifies that the surviving spouse and the heirs-at-law are authorized to convey the right of sepulture.