2005 Texas Health & Safety Code CHAPTER 694. BURIAL

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

CHAPTER 694. BURIAL


	§ 694.001. DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  The 
Texas Department of Health shall regulate the disposal, 
transportation, interment, and disinterment of dead bodies to the 
extent reasonable and necessary to protect public health and 
safety.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.                    


	§ 694.002. DUTY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT CONCERNING 
DISPOSITION OF BODY OF DECEASED PAUPERS.  (a) The commissioners 
court of each county shall provide for the disposition of the body 
of a deceased pauper.  The commissioners court may adopt rules to 
implement this section.
	(b)  The commissioners court shall consider any information, 
including the religious affiliation of the deceased pauper, 
provided by a person listed in Section 711.002(a).

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended 
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, § 211, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 929, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 694.003. POWER OF GOVERNING BODY OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW 
MUNICIPALITY CONCERNING BURIAL.  The governing body of a Type A 
general-law municipality may regulate the burial of the dead.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.