This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A68E865119D3A07D2C52E2DF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This really looks promising. Margaret --------------A68E865119D3A07D2C52E2DF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc01.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with ESMTP id <19990905164159.XLEV3524@bl-14.rootsweb.com> for <mamccleskey@att.net>; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:41:59 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA24983; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Charlotte =?iso-8859-1?B?oCI=?= <coats@law.com>"@bl-3.rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909050928100@coats.law.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:32 -0700 X-Priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Old-To: Coates-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: coats@cherokee_nation.zzn.com Subject: Fwd: new texas cemetary law X-Mailer: Web Based Pronto Mime-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id JAA24929 Resent-Message-ID: <Y6UsH.A.NGG.9sp03@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: COATES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4125 X-Loop: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id JAA24983 It appears this is becoming of some concern...especially for those buried= on private land...notice the requirement to register the cemetery with t= he County Clerk...I'm sure other states already have similar laws...but t= his is a good way to locate a cemetery on private property....Char ---- Begin Included Message ---- From: JP1952MP@aol.com Sent: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 22:52:25 EDT To: HART-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HART-L] new texas cemetary law I received this from another list. =A0myra Subj: =A0 =A0New Texas Cemetery Law In reading over the new laws =A0from the 76th Texas Legislature, I found= this=20 interesting law concerning unknown or abandoned cemeteries in Texas. It i= s=20 House Bill 817 Enrolled version found here =A0 =A0=20 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/capitol/daily.htm Here is the first part of the bill, which I understand to be law: 1 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 AN = ACT 1-2 =A0 =A0 relating to regulation of cemeteries. 1-3 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF= TEXAS: 1-4 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 SECTION 1. =A0Subchapter A, Chapter 711, Health = and Safety 1-5 =A0 =A0 Code, is amended by adding Sections 711.010-711.011 to read = as 1-6 =A0 =A0 follows: 1-7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Sec. 711.010. =A0UNKNOWN OR ABANDONED CEMETERY. = =A0(a) =A0The owner 1-8 =A0 =A0 of property on which an unknown cemetery is discovered or on= which 1-9 =A0 =A0 an abandoned cemetery is located may not construct improveme= nts on 1-10 =A0 =A0 the property in a manner that would further disturb the ceme= tery 1-11 =A0 =A0 until the human remains interred in the cemetery are removed= under 1-12 =A0 =A0 a written order issued by the state registrar or the state 1-13 =A0 =A0 registrar's designee under Section 711.004(f). 1-14 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (b) =A0On petition of the owner of the property,= a district 1-15 =A0 =A0 court of the county in which an unknown cemetery is discover= ed or 1-16 =A0 =A0 an abandoned cemetery is located shall order the removal of = any 1-17 =A0 =A0 dedication for cemetery purposes that affects the property. = =A0If all 1-18 =A0 =A0 human remains on the property have not previously been remov= ed, the 1-19 =A0 =A0 court shall order the removal of the human remains from the 1-20 =A0 =A0 cemetery to a perpetual care cemetery. A petition under this 1-21 =A0 =A0 subsection shall be made ex parte in the name of the owner o= f the 1-22 =A0 =A0 property without naming any defendant or joinder of any othe= r 1-23 =A0 =A0 person. 1-24 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Sec. 711.011. =A0FILING RECORD OF UNKNOWN CEMETE= RY. =A0(a) =A0A 2-1 =A0 =A0 person who discovers an unknown or abandoned cemetery shall = file 2-2 =A0 =A0 notice of the cemetery with the county clerk of the county i= n which 2-3 =A0 =A0 the cemetery is located. =A0The notice must contain a legal 2-4 =A0 =A0 description of the land on which the unknown or abandoned ce= metery 2-5 =A0 =A0 was found and describe the approximate location of the cemet= ery and 2-6 =A0 =A0 the evidence of the cemetery that was discovered. 2-7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (b) =A0A county clerk may not charge a fee for f= iling notice 2-8 =A0 =A0 under this section. I have ancestors buried in "unfriendly hostile owned " abandoned cemeteri= es=20 in Texas, so this was of interest to me. 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