Public thoroughfares in cemeteries

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    (a)    An alley, canal, road, or other public thoroughfare may not be opened through property of a cemetery if that property is used or to be used for burial.

    (b)    This section does not authorize a registered cemeterian, permit holder, or other person to obstruct:

        (1)    a public road in use when the cemetery is formed; or

        (2)    the site of a future public road that, when the cemetery is formed, is shown on a plat made by authority of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation.


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