By Isett H.B. No. 1030 77R4167 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the identification and preservation of abandoned 1-3 cemeteries. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 442.017 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 442.017. IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF ABANDONED 1-8 CEMETERIES. (a) The commission shall establish a program to 1-9 identify and preserve abandoned cemeteries across the state. 1-10 (b) The commission is encouraged to use volunteers to the 1-11 maximum extent possible to implement the program and to model the 1-12 program to the extent appropriate on the Adopt-A-Beach program 1-13 conducted by the General Land Office. 1-14 (c) The legislature may appropriate money to the commission 1-15 to implement the program. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.