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

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

FULL TEXT:
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.