Sec. 713.023. USE OF FUNDS. (a) The trustee may invest the fund in interest-bearing bonds or federal, state, or local government securities.
(b) The principal of the fund must be kept intact as a permanent principal trust fund.
(c) The income or revenue of the fund may be used only for maintenance of a neglected or unkept public or private cemetery in the county.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Death and Disposition of the Body
Subtitle C - Cemeteries and Crematories
Chapter 713 - Local Regulation of Cemeteries
Subchapter B. County Regulation of Cemeteries
Section 713.021. County Trust for Cemetery
Section 713.022. Gifts for Maintenance of Cemetery
Section 713.024. Appointment of Successor Trustee
Section 713.025. Private Care of Graves
Section 713.026. Use of Public Funds and Property Prohibited; Exceptions
Section 713.027. Cemetery Owned by County of 8,200 or Less
Section 713.0271. Cemetery Owned by Certain Counties
Section 713.028. County Care of Cemetery Older Than 50 Years
Section 713.029. County Authority to Purchase Burial Grounds for Veterans