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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

Senate Bill 1402

Senate Author:  Campbell

Effective:  9-1-17

House Sponsor:  Dean et al.


            Senate Bill 1402 amends the Health and Safety Code to revise provisions relating to the finding by a trier of fact of a pattern of wilful disregard for the statutory requirements regarding cemeteries, to revise provisions relating to the qualifications for and renewal of a certificate of authority to operate a perpetual care cemetery, and to authorize a corporation, subject to specified conditions, to apply to the banking commissioner of Texas for temporary relief and placement of a perpetual care trust fund in a segregated interest-bearing account at a Texas financial institution.