By Williams H.B. No. 1460 77R4023 YDB-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to use of certain terms by cemeteries. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 711.021, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-6 (h) A cemetery corporation, including a corporation 1-7 described by Subsection (d), that does not operate as a perpetual 1-8 care cemetery in accordance with Chapter 712 may not use the words 1-9 "perpetual care" or "endowment care" in: 1-10 (1) the cemetery's name; or 1-11 (2) any advertising relating to the cemetery. 1-12 SECTION 2. A cemetery corporation that is not in compliance 1-13 with Section 711.021(h)(1), Health and Safety Code, on the 1-14 effective date of this Act, shall amend its articles of 1-15 incorporation to comply with this Act not later than December 31, 1-16 2002. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.