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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment for funeral services performed by a |
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transferring funeral home under a purchase agreement for funeral |
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services or merchandise. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 651.406, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A funeral establishment that receives a dead human body |
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transferred from another funeral establishment shall include in the |
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purchase agreement any amount owed by the customer to the |
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transferring funeral establishment. The recipient funeral |
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establishment shall remit to the transferring funeral |
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establishment any amount collected on behalf of the transferring |
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funeral establishment. |
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SECTION 2. Section 651.406(e), Occupations Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a purchase agreement entered into or |
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renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase |
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agreement entered into or renewed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |