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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of a funeral director or an agent at the |
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interment or entombment of a human body. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 651.4085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.4085. INTERMENT OR ENTOMBMENT. (a) A funeral |
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director who contracts with a customer to perform funeral directing |
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under this chapter, or an agent of the funeral establishment, shall |
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be present when the casket containing the human body to which the |
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contract applies is placed in a grave, crypt, or burial vault unless |
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interment or entombment takes place at a location outside this |
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state. |
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(b) The funeral directing duties related to interment or |
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entombment services are complete when the casket is placed in a |
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grave, crypt, or burial vault. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |