Tex. Occ. Code § 651.455 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES
FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS REGARDING FUNERAL MERCHANDISE OR FUNERAL, CEMETERY, OR CREMATORY SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person violates this chapter if the person uses a statement that misleads or deceives the public, including a fraudulent statement or any other type of a false or misleading statement regarding:
(1) a legal, religious, or cemetery requirement for funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services;
(2) the preservative qualities of funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services in preventing or substantially delaying natural decomposition of human remains;
(3) the airtight or watertight properties of a casket or outer enclosure;
(4) the licenses held by the personnel in the operation of the cemetery, crematory, or funeral establishment; or
(5) an activity regulated under this chapter, including the sale of funeral-related goods or services.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 42(3).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 682, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 26, 42(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
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