Section 713.002 - Local Trust for Cemetery(a) A municipality that owns or operates a cemetery or has control of cemetery property may act as a permanent trustee for the perpetual maintenance of the lots and graves in the cemetery.(b) To act as a trustee, a majority of the municipality's governing body must adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the municipality's willingness and intention to act as a trustee. When the ordinance or resolution is adopted and the trust is accepted, the trust is perpetual.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.002
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.