1-1     By:  Williams (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)           H.B. No. 1460
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to use of certain terms by cemeteries.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 711.021, Health and Safety Code, is
1-11     amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-12           (h)  A cemetery corporation, including a corporation
1-13     described by Subsection (d), that does not operate as a perpetual
1-14     care cemetery in accordance with Chapter 712 may not use the words
1-15     "perpetual care" or "endowment care", or any other term that
1-16     suggests "perpetual care" or "endownment care" standards, in:
1-17                 (1)  the cemetery's name; or
1-18                 (2)  any advertising relating to the cemetery.
1-19           SECTION 2. A cemetery corporation that is not in compliance
1-20     with Section 711.021(h)(1), Health and Safety Code, on the
1-21     effective date of this Act, shall amend its articles of
1-22     incorporation to comply with this Act not later than December 31,
1-23     2002.
1-24           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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