Sec. 713.029. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE BURIAL GROUNDS FOR VETERANS. (a) A commissioners court may purchase burial grounds to be used exclusively for the burial of honorably discharged persons who:
(1) have served in the United States armed forces during a war in which the United States participated; and
(2) die without leaving sufficient means to pay funeral expenses.
(b) A commissioners court may not purchase burial grounds under this section if there is a national military cemetery or other military plot in the county in which honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces may be buried free of charge.
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