Section 713.025 - Private Care of Graves This subchapter does not affect the right of a person to maintain a grave or burial lot in a cemetery if the person:
(1) has an interest in the grave or burial lot; or(2) is related within the fifth degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to, or is a direct descendant of, a decedent interred in a cemetery maintained by a trustee under this subchapter.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.025
Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended By Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. 9/1/1995.Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 34, eff. 8/26/1991 Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.