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