82R5136 EES-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 864
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the services included in a retail price list provided by
a funeral establishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 651.405(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) "Retail price list" means a printed or typewritten list
of the retail price of items or services provided by a funeral
establishment and must include the retail price of:
(1) transferring a deceased person to the funeral
establishment;
(2) embalming;
(3) using a funeral establishment facility for viewing
the deceased;
(4) using a funeral establishment facility for funeral
services;
(5) using a hearse;
(6) using a limousine;
(7) caskets;
(8) outer enclosures; [and]
(9) filing a claim seeking life insurance proceeds on
behalf of the beneficiaries; and
(10) other itemized services provided by the funeral
establishment staff.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.