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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishment or use of cemeteries in certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (h), Section 711.008, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by Chapter 367 (S.B. 131), Acts of the 82nd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is redesignated as Subsection |
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(i), Section 711.008, Health and Safety Code, and amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(i) [(h)] A [Not later than September 1, 2014, a] person may |
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file a written application with the governing body of a |
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municipality to establish or use a cemetery located inside the |
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boundaries of the municipality. The municipality by ordinance |
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shall prescribe the information to be included in the |
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application. The governing body by ordinance may authorize the |
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establishment or use of a cemetery located inside the boundaries of |
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the municipality if the municipality determines and states in the |
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ordinance that the establishment or use of the cemetery does not |
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adversely affect public health, safety, and welfare. This |
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subsection applies only to a municipality that: |
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(1) is located in three or more counties; |
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(2) has a population of 18,000 or more; and |
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(3) does not have a cemetery within its boundaries, |
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other than a family cemetery. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |