Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 713.002
Local Trust for Cemetery

(a)

A municipality that owns or operates a cemetery or has control of cemetery property may act as a permanent trustee for the perpetual maintenance of the lots and graves in the cemetery.

(b)

To act as a trustee, a majority of the municipality’s governing body must adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the municipality’s willingness and intention to act as a trustee. When the ordinance or resolution is adopted and the trust is accepted, the trust is perpetual.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 713.002 — Local Trust for Cemetery, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­713.­htm#713.­002 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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