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Amend CSHB 1012 (House committee substitute) by inserting new 
subsections (e) and (f) on page 2, line 10 to read as follows:
	(e)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that 
the actor:
		(1)  as a member or agent of a cemetery organization, 
removed or damaged anything that had been placed in or on any 
portion of the organization's cemetery in violation of the rules of 
the organization; or
		(2)  removed anything:                                                 
			(A)  placed in the cemetery in violation of the 
rules of the cemetery organization; or
			(B)  placed in the cemetery by or with the cemetery 
organization's consent but that, in the organization's judgment, 
had become wrecked, unsightly, or dilapidated.
	(f)  In this section, "cemetery" and "cemetery organization" 
have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001, Health and Safety 
Code.