HBA-NRS H.B. 1737 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1737
By: Carter
Urban Affairs
7/16/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 77th Legislature, a cemetery organization operating a cemetery
in accordance with distance requirements was authorized to acquire land
adjacent but not necessarily contiguous to the cemetery for cemetery
purposes if additional land was required. The phrasing of adjacent, but not
necessarily contiguous might have inhibited the completion of a transaction
for the acquisition of land for use by cemeteries. House Bill 1737 allows
for the acquisition of adjacent land that is, at the closest point, no more
than 200 feet from an existing cemetery. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1737 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize a cemetery
organization operating a cemetery in accordance with the distance
requirements prescribed for the location of a cemetery to acquire land
adjacent to the cemetery for cemetery purposes. The bill requires that the
closest points of the property to be acquired and the cemetery be no more
than 200 feet apart.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

May 21, 2001.