Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.003
LOCATION OF CREMATORY
Texas · Texas Health and Safety Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.003, LOCATION OF CREMATORY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/675409
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(a) A crematory may be constructed on or adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery or adjacent to a funeral establishment.
(b) A crematory, other than a crematory registered with the commission on September 1, 2003, must:
(1) be adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery or funeral establishment; and
(2) be owned or operated by the person that owns or operates the perpetual care cemetery or funeral establishment.
(c) In this section, "adjacent to" means that a part of the property on which the crematory is to be constructed has a common boundary with:
(1) the perpetual care cemetery or property on which the funeral establishment is located; or
(2) a public easement, a utility easement, or a railroad right-of-way that has a common boundary with the perpetual care cemetery or property on which the funeral establishment is located.