LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1459  by Williams (Relating to interment rights in a
               cemetery plot.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to provide that the
exclusive right of sepulture in an unused grave, niche, or crypt of a
plot in which the plot owner has been interred may be conveyed by the
surviving spouse, if any, and the heirs-at-law of the plot owner,
regardless if there are any surviving children.
  
  
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, TB