Bill Text: TX SB2062 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the membership of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2062 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB2062-Introduced.html
  85R14384 KKR-F
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2062
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 651.051(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Funeral Service Commission consists of seven
  members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
  the senate as follows:
               (1)  one member [two members] who is [are] licensed as
  both an embalmer and a funeral director for at least the five years
  preceding appointment to the commission;
               (2)  one member who is licensed as a funeral director
  and is a registered cemetery owner or operator; [and]
               (3)  one member who is licensed as a funeral director
  and is a licensed crematory establishment operator; and
               (4)  four members who represent the public and who:
                     (A)  are not regulated under this chapter; and
                     (B)  have consistently shown an interest in
  supporting consumer protection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 651.051(a), Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a member of the Texas Funeral Service
  Commission appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  member appointed before the effective date of this Act may continue
  to serve until the expiration of the member's term.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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