Cal. HSC § 8251
This is the official text of Cal. HSC § 8251, part of California’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health, hospitals, controlled substances, and environmental health standards.
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Official statutory text
The provisions of this part do not affect the corporate existence of any cemetery organized under any law then existing prior to August 14, 1931, and as to such cemeteries, and their rights, the laws under which the corporation was organized and existed and under which such rights became vested are applicable.
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