----- Original Message ----- From: <Hstryhntr2@aol.com> To: <TX-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [TXCem] Desecrated Cemetery > In a message dated 2/20/2005 10:22:49 PM Central Standard Time, > dusttink@sbcglobal.net writes: > Hendersonville Cemetery Is Desecrated > From the Texas Health & Safety Code which regulates cemeteries; > > § 711.010. UNKNOWN OR ABANDONED CEMETERY. (a) The > owner of property on which an unknown cemetery is discovered or on > which an abandoned cemetery is located may not construct > improvements on the property in a manner that would further disturb > the cemetery until the human remains interred in the cemetery are > removed under a written order issued by the state registrar or the > state registrar's designee under Section 711.004(f). > (b) On petition of the owner of the property, a district > court of the county in which an unknown cemetery is discovered or an > abandoned cemetery is located shall order the removal of any > dedication for cemetery purposes that affects the property. If all > human remains on the property have not previously been removed, the > court shall order the removal of the human remains from the cemetery > to a perpetual care cemetery. A petition under this subsection > shall be made ex parte in the name of the owner of the property > without naming any defendant or joinder of any other person. > > Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 703, § 1, eff. June 18, 1999. > > > ==== TX-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe send a message to > TX-Cemeteries-L-request@rootsweb.com > or TX-Cemeteries-D-request@rootsweb.com > with only the word unsubscribe > in the subject line >