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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 82(R)

House Bill 788

House Author:  Kuempel et al.

Effective:  9-1-11

Senate Sponsor:  Wentworth


House Bill 788 amends the Health and Safety Code to exempt from the prohibition against establishing or operating a cemetery in or near certain municipalities the establishment and use of a private family cemetery by a charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation, on land that is owned by the organization and that is located in a county that has a population of more than 125,000 and is adjacent to a county that has a population of more than 1.5 million and in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in a single municipality.