Bill Text: TX HB2732 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to cemeteries in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2732 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2732-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2732 |
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relating to cemeteries in certain municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 711.008, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (m) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (f), (g), (g-1), | ||
(g-2), (h), [ |
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partnership, firm, trust, or association may not establish or | ||
operate a cemetery, or use any land for the interment of remains, | ||
located: | ||
(1) in or within one mile of the boundaries of a | ||
municipality with a population of 5,000 to 25,000; | ||
(2) in or within two miles of the boundaries of a | ||
municipality with a population of 25,000 to 50,000; | ||
(3) in or within three miles of the boundaries of a | ||
municipality with a population of 50,000 to 100,000; | ||
(4) in or within four miles of the boundaries of a | ||
municipality with a population of 100,000 to 200,000; or | ||
(5) in or within five miles of the boundaries of a | ||
municipality with a population of at least 200,000. | ||
(m) Not later than September 1, 2024, an organized religious | ||
society or sect may file a written application with the governing | ||
body of a municipality to establish or use a cemetery within the | ||
boundaries of the municipality. The municipality by ordinance | ||
shall prescribe the information to be included on the application. | ||
The governing body by ordinance may authorize the establishment or | ||
use of the cemetery if the municipality determines and states in the | ||
ordinance that the establishment or use does not adversely affect | ||
public health, safety, and welfare. This subsection applies only | ||
to a municipality with a population of 200,000 or more located in a | ||
county with a population of less than 300,000 that is adjacent to | ||
this state's international border with Mexico. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2732 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 15, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2732 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |