Tex. Health & Safety Code § 696.004

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 696.004 - Transfer of Unclaimed Cremated Remains

A person who receives notice from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or a veterans' service organization that the unclaimed cremated remains are the remains of a veteran or veteran's dependent eligible to be interred in a veterans cemetery may:

(1) transport the cremated remains to the veterans cemetery for burial; or

(2) transfer the cremated remains to a veterans' service organization that will ensure that the cremated remains are interred in a veterans cemetery.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 696.004

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 373,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.