By Carter H.B. No. 1737 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the location of cemeteries; amending Sections 711.008 1-3 and 711.033, Health and Safety Code. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 711.008, Health and Safety 1-6 Code is repealed: 1-7 SECTION 2. Section 711.033, Health and Safety Code, is 1-8 amended by re-designating subsections (b), (c), and (d), 1-9 respectively, as subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding a new 1-10 subsection (b) to read as follows: 1-11 (b) A cemetery organization operating a cemetery 1-12 located and operated in accordance with the distance requirements 1-13 prescribed in Section 711.008 of this Code may acquire land 1-14 adjacent to the cemetery for cemetery purposes. In this 1-15 subsection, "adjacent" means that some part of the property to be 1-16 acquired has a common boundary with the existing cemetery, or a 1-17 common boundary with a public easement, a utility easement, or a 1-18 railroad right-of-way, some part which has a common boundary with 1-19 the cemetery. In no event shall the closest points of the property 1-20 to be acquired and the cemetery be more than 200 feet apart. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.