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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the services included in a retail price list provided by |
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a funeral establishment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 651.405, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) "Retail price list" means a printed or typewritten list |
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of the retail price of items or services provided by a funeral |
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establishment and must include the retail price of: |
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(1) transferring a deceased person to the funeral |
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establishment; |
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(2) embalming; |
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(3) using a funeral establishment facility for viewing |
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the deceased; |
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(4) using a funeral establishment facility for funeral |
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services; |
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(5) using a hearse; |
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(6) using a limousine; |
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(7) caskets; |
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(8) outer enclosures; [and] |
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(9) filing a claim seeking life insurance proceeds on |
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behalf of the beneficiaries; and |
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(10) other itemized services provided by the funeral |
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establishment staff. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |