Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 711.031
Rules; Civil Penalty


(a)

A cemetery organization may adopt and enforce rules:

(1)

concerning the use, care, control, management, restriction, and protection of the cemetery operated by the cemetery organization;

(2)

to restrict the use of cemetery property;

(3)

to regulate the placement, uniformity, class, and kind of markers, monuments, effigies, and other structures in any part of the cemetery;

(4)

to regulate the planting and care of plants in the cemetery;

(5)

to prevent the interment of remains not entitled to be interred in the cemetery;

(6)

to prevent the use of a plot for a purpose that violates the cemetery organization’s restrictions;

(7)

to regulate the conduct of persons on cemetery property and to prevent improper meetings at the cemetery; and

(8)

for other purposes the directors consider necessary for the proper conduct of the cemetery organization’s business, and for the protection of the premises and the principles, plans, and ideals on which the cemetery was organized.

(b)

Rules adopted under this section must be plainly printed or typed and maintained for inspection in the cemetery organization’s office or another place in the cemetery prescribed by the directors.

(c)

The directors may prescribe a penalty for the violation of a rule adopted under this section. The cemetery organization may recover the amount of the penalty in a civil action.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 711.031 — Rules; Civil Penalty, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­711.­htm#711.­031 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

711.001
Definitions
711.002
Disposition of Remains
711.003
Records of Interment
711.004
Removal of Remains
711.007
Nuisance
711.008
Location of Cemetery
711.009
Authority of Cemetery Keeper
711.010
Abandoned, Unknown, or Unverified Cemetery
711.011
Filing Record of Unknown or Abandoned Cemetery
711.012
Rules
711.021
Formation of Corporation to Maintain and Operate Cemetery
711.022
Formation of Nonprofit Cemetery Corporation by Plot Owners
711.023
Rights of Plot Owners in Cemetery Operated by Nonprofit Cemetery Corporation
711.024
Authority of Nonprofit Cemetery Corporation
711.031
Rules
711.032
Discrimination by Race, Color, or National Origin Prohibited
711.033
Property Acquisition by Cemetery Organization
711.034
Dedication
711.035
Effect of Dedication
711.036
Removal of Dedication
711.037
Lien Against Cemetery Property
711.038
Sale of Plots by Cemetery Organizations
711.039
Rights of Interment in Plot
711.040
Multiple Owners of Plot
711.041
Access to Cemetery
711.042
Authority of Nonprofit Cemetery Organization
711.051
Enforcement by Attorney General
711.052
Criminal Penalties
711.053
Definition
711.054
Enforcement by Finance Commission of Texas
711.055
Enforcement by Commissioner
711.056
Pattern of Wilful Disregard
711.057
Emergency Order
711.058
Restitution
711.059
Seizure of Accounts and Records
711.061
Requirements for Lawn Crypts
711.063
Construction
711.064
Contract Disclosures
711.081
Definitions
711.082
Administration
711.083
Records
711.084
Examination Fee
711.0105
Method of Removal of Remains
711.0111
Notice of Unverified Cemetery
711.0381
Sale or Resale of Plots by Certain Persons
711.0395
Multiple Interments in Same Plot
711.0515
Enforcement by Attorney General
711.0521
Access to Cemeteries

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 711.031’s source at texas​.gov