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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement |
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as a prepaid funeral benefit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.002, Finance Code, is amended by |
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amending Subdivision (9) and adding Subdivision (15) to read as |
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follows: |
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(9) "Prepaid funeral benefits" means prearranged or |
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prepaid funeral or cemetery services or funeral merchandise, |
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including an alternative container, casket, or outer burial |
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container. The term does not include: |
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(A) a grave, marker, monument, tombstone, crypt, |
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niche, plot, or lawn crypt unless it is sold in contemplation of |
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trade for a funeral service or funeral merchandise to which this |
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chapter applies; or |
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(B) a transportation protection agreement. |
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(15) "Transportation protection agreement" means an |
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agreement to pay for transportation of a body from the place of |
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death to a licensed holding facility or licensed crematory, if the |
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place of death is more than 75 miles from the location of the |
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licensed facility that will provide the funeral services. |
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SECTION 2. Section 154.151, Finance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) A transportation protection agreement is not considered |
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to be a part of a sales contract for prepaid funeral benefits. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |