Tex. Occupations Code § 651.455
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 651.455, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 651.455. FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS REGARDING FUNERAL MERCHANDISE OR FUNERAL, CEMETERY, OR CREMATORY SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(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(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 42(3).
(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(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 42(3).
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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