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CHAPTER 178 H.B. No. 587
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the cremation of human remains and the operation of
3 crematories and certain related entities; providing a penalty.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. The heading of Subtitle C, Title 8, Health and
6 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
7 SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES
8 SECTION 2. Subtitle C, Title 8, Health and Safety Code, is
9 amended by adding Chapter 716 to read as follows:
10 CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES
11 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
12 Sec. 716.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
13 (1) "Authorizing agent" means a person authorized to
14 dispose of a decedent's remains under Section 711.002.
15 (2) "Cemetery" has the meaning assigned by Section
16 711.001.
17 (3) "Commission" means the Texas Funeral Service
18 Commission.
19 (4) "Cremated remains" means the recoverable human
20 remains after the completion of the cremation process. The term may
21 include the residue of any nonhuman matter cremated with the
22 deceased human body including casket material, bridgework,
23 eyeglasses, or other material.
24 (5) "Cremation" means the irreversible process of
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 587, Chapter 178, legislative document, May 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158742/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.