79R3400 JMM-F
By: Flynn H.B. No. 572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements applicable to purchase agreements for
certain funeral, cemetery, and crematory services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 651.406(d), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) If the customer selects a package arrangement based on
unit pricing, the itemization requirement is satisfied by providing
a purchase agreement that discloses the total amount of [itemizes]
the discount provided by the package arrangement.
SECTION 2. Section 651.4065(d), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) If the customer selects a package arrangement based on
unit pricing, the itemization requirement is satisfied by providing
a purchase agreement that discloses the total amount of [itemizes]
the discount provided by the package arrangement.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
651.406 and 651.4065, Occupations Code, apply only to a purchase
agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
A purchase agreement entered into before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the agreement was
entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.