Bill Text: TX HB1571 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1571 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1571-Comm_Sub.html

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87R13026 EAS-F
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1571
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1571:
By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 1571

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery
location restrictions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 711.008, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) Subsection (a) does not apply to a cemetery established
and operating before September 1, 2021, in a municipality:
(1) with a population of not less than 75,000 and not
more than 95,000; and
(2) in which a state veterans cemetery is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.