Bill Text: TX HB2198 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2198 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2198-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2198

AN ACT
relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 713.008, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 713.008. TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL TRUST BY CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a municipality in a
county with a population of at least 128,000 but not more than
300,000 may abolish the municipality's perpetual trust fund for a
cemetery and use the fund, including both principal and interest,
for permanent improvements to the cemetery.
(b) The governing body of a municipality in a county with a
population of at least 40,000 but not more than 80,000 and that
contains a portion of the Angelina National Forest may abolish the
municipality's perpetual trust fund for a cemetery and use the
fund, including both principal and interest, for permanent
improvements to the cemetery. Termination of a trust fund under
this subsection does not constitute renouncement of a trust or
failure to act as its trustee under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2198 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2198 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor