Tex. Health & Safety Code § 712.022 · Subchapter B. PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND
OPERATION OF PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A corporation authorized by law to operate a perpetual care cemetery but not doing so may do so if the corporation:
(1) complies with the requirements of this chapter for obtaining a certificate of authority; and
(2) establishes a fund as provided by Section 712.021 in an amount equal to the larger of:
(A) the amount that would have been paid into the fund if the cemetery operated as a perpetual care cemetery from the date of the cemetery's first sale of plots; or
(B) the minimum amount provided by Section 712.004.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 532 (H.B. 2495), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1336 (S.B. 1167), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.712.htm
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