Tex. Occ. Code § 651.656 · Subchapter N. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: CREMATORIES
CREMATORY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not conduct a crematory business in this state unless the person who is the owner or operator of the crematory holds a crematory establishment license issued by the commission.
(b) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless the person:
(1) holds a funeral establishment or commercial embalmers establishment license; or
(2) owns or operates a perpetual care cemetery.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the owner or operator of a crematory registered with the commission on September 1, 2003.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263, Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (H.B. 56), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
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