HB1970 - Relating to access to certain cemeteries.

  89R21738 EAS-F     By: Collier H.B. No. 1970     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1970:     By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 1970       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to access to certain cemeteries.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 711.041(a) and (b), Health and Safety   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private   burial grounds for which no public ingress or egress is available   shall have the right to reasonable ingress and egress for the   purpose of visiting the cemetery or private burial grounds.  This   right of access extends only to visitation during the hours   required  [ determined by the owner or owners of the lands ] under   Subsection (b) or at a reasonable time as provided by Subsection (c)   and only for purposes usually associated with cemetery visits.          (b)  The owner or owners of the lands surrounding the   cemetery or private burial grounds :                 (1)   may designate the routes of reasonable ingress and   egress ; and                 (2)     shall allow a person to enter and exit the owner's   land for the purpose of visiting the cemetery or private burial   grounds between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. every day of the year     [ reasonable hours of availability ].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.