By Chisum H.B. No. 3069 77R8169 YDB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the maintenance of certain cemeteries. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 713.028(a), Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (a) For purposes of historical preservation or public 1-7 health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public 1-8 funds, county employees, and county equipment to maintain a 1-9 cemetery that has a grave marker more than 50 years old. 1-10 Maintenance of a cemetery under this subsection includes any 1-11 activity necessary for the continued operation of the cemetery, 1-12 including the opening and closing of graves. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.