Sec. 713.028. COUNTY CARE OF CEMETERY OLDER THAN 50 YEARS. (a) For purposes of historical preservation or public health, safety, or welfare, a commissioners court may use public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to maintain a cemetery that is at least 50 years old. (b) This section does not apply to a perpetual care cemetery or a cemetery maintained by a religious or fraternal organization. (c) At the discretion of the commissioners court, a county may permit the use of public funds, county employees, county inmate labor as provided by Article 43.10 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment to open and close graves in a cemetery described by Subsection (a).
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