86R4670 EAS-F
 
  By: Morrison H.B. No. 2812
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust
  fund for a cemetery.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 713.008, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 713.008.  TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL TRUST BY CERTAIN
  MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  This section applies to the [The] governing
  body of a municipality in a county with a population of:
               (1)  at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000; or
               (2)  at least 20,000 but not more than 21,000.
         (b)  The governing body of a municipality to which this
  section applies may abolish the municipality's perpetual trust fund
  for a cemetery and use the fund, including both principal and
  interest, for permanent improvements to the cemetery.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.