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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust |
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fund for a cemetery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 713.008, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 713.008. TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL TRUST BY CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies to the [The] governing |
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body of a municipality in a county with a population of: |
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(1) at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000; or |
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(2) at least 20,000 but not more than 21,000. |
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(b) The governing body of a municipality to which this |
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section applies may abolish the municipality's perpetual trust fund |
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for a cemetery and use the fund, including both principal and |
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interest, for permanent improvements to the cemetery. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |