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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 712.026

SUIT BY PLOT OWNERS TO MAINTAIN PERPETUAL CARE

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) If the directors of a corporation do not generally care for and maintain the corporation's perpetual care cemetery, the district court of the county in which the perpetual care cemetery is located may:

(1) by injunction compel the directors to expend the permissible distributions from the corporation's fund as required by this chapter; or

(2) appoint a receiver to take charge of the fund and expend the permissible distributions from the fund as required by this chapter.

(b) The suit for relief under this section must be brought by at least five owners of plots located in the perpetual care cemetery.

(c) In a suit for relief under this section, court costs and attorney's fees shall be awarded:

(1) to the directors of the corporation, if it is found that the directors are substantially expending the permissible distributions from the fund as required by this subchapter; or

(2) to the plot owners initiating the suit, if it is found that the directors are not substantially expending the permissible distributions from the fund as required by this subchapter.

(d) Fund assets may not be used to pay court costs and attorney's fees awarded under Subsection (c).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.