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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the administration of perpetual care trust funds. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 712.025, Health and Safety Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 712.025.  USE OF FUND DISTRIBUTIONS. Fund distributions | 
         
            |  | may be used only to provide the perpetual care described by the | 
         
            |  | instrument that established the fund, including: | 
         
            |  | (1)  the expansion of the perpetual care cemetery; | 
         
            |  | (2)  the enhancement of the corporation's | 
         
            |  | administrative capabilities with regard to maintaining and caring | 
         
            |  | for the perpetual care cemetery; and | 
         
            |  | (3)  the general care and maintenance of the property | 
         
            |  | entitled to perpetual care in the perpetual care cemetery. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |