Bill Text: TX HB2812 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2812 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2812-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2812

AN ACT
relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust
fund for a cemetery.
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) This section applies to the [The] governing
body of a municipality in a county with a population of:
(1) at least 128,000 but not more than 300,000; or
(2) at least 20,000 but not more than 21,000.
(b) The governing body of a municipality to which this
section applies 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2812 was passed by the House on April
18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2812 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor