Tex. Health & Safety Code § 713.011 · Subchapter A. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES
MAINTENANCE OF MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality that operates or has jurisdiction over a public cemetery shall maintain the cemetery in a condition that does not endanger the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare.
(b) A municipality's responsibility to maintain a cemetery under this section includes:
(1) repairing and maintaining any fences, walls, buildings, roads, or other improvements;
(2) leveling or straightening markers or memorials;
(3) properly maintaining lawns, shrubbery, and other plants;
(4) removing debris, including dead flowers and deteriorated plastic ornaments; and
(5) promptly restoring gravesites following an interment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.713.htm
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