Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 713.011
Maintenance of Municipal Cemeteries

(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.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 713.011 — Maintenance of Municipal Cemeteries, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­713.­htm#713.­011 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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