Sec. 711.032. DISCRIMINATION BY RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN PROHIBITED. (a) A cemetery organization may not adopt or enforce a rule that prohibits interment because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent.
(b) A provision of a contract entered into by a cemetery organization or of a certificate of ownership or other instrument of conveyance issued by a cemetery organization that prohibits interment in a cemetery because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent is void.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Death and Disposition of the Body
Subtitle C - Cemeteries and Crematories
Chapter 711 - General Provisions Relating to Cemeteries
Subchapter C. Cemetery Organizations
Section 711.031. Rules; Civil Penalty
Section 711.032. Discrimination by Race, Color, or National Origin Prohibited
Section 711.033. Property Acquisition by Cemetery Organization; Recording Title
Section 711.035. Effect of Dedication
Section 711.036. Removal of Dedication
Section 711.037. Lien Against Cemetery Property
Section 711.038. Sale of Plots by Cemetery Organizations
Section 711.0381. Sale or Resale of Plots by Certain Persons
Section 711.039. Rights of Interment in Plot
Section 711.0395. Multiple Interments in Same Plot
Section 711.040. Multiple Owners of Plot
Section 711.041. Access to Cemetery
Section 711.042. Authority of Nonprofit Cemetery Organization