By Chisum                                             H.B. No. 3069
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                                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.