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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to maintenance of roads on the property of a perpetual care |
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cemetery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 712.007(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A corporation must include the following statement in |
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each sales contract, certificate of ownership, or other instrument |
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of conveyance of the exclusive right of sepulture: |
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"This cemetery is operated as a perpetual care |
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cemetery, which means that a perpetual care fund for |
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its maintenance has been established in conformity |
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with the laws of the State of Texas. Perpetual care |
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means to maintain, repair, and care for the cemetery, |
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including the roads on cemetery property." |
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SECTION 2. The amendment of Section 712.007(c), Health and |
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Safety Code, by this Act is intended to clarify rather than change |
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existing law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |