Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 715.004 - Contents of Petition(a) A petition filed by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter must contain a legal description of the real property comprising the historic cemetery and must aver to the court that:(1) the nonprofit corporation, through its members and incorporators, has a religious, ethnic, historic, or cultural relationship to the cemetery;(2) the cemetery was established more than 75 years before the date the action was commenced;(3) a viable organization of plot owners of the cemetery does not exist; and(4) the cemetery threatens or endangers the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare.(b) The petition must be accompanied by the written plan described by Section 715.005.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 715.004
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. 8/28/1995.