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, Health and Safety Code, is
1-5 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-6 (c) Maintenance of a cemetery under Subsection (a) includes
1-7 any activity necessary for the continued operation of the cemetery,
1-8 including the opening and closing of graves. This subsection
1-9 applies only to a county with a population of 40,000 or less.
1-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-11 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-12 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-13 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-14 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3069 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3069 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3069 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor