{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 154.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purposes of this chapter are to:\n(1) limit the manner in which a person may accept funds in prepayment of funeral services to be performed in the future;\n(2) provide a regulatory framework to give the public an opportunity to arrange and pay for funerals in advance of need; and\n(3) provide all safeguards to protect the prepaid funds and to assure that the funds will be available to pay for prearranged funeral services.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 154. PREPAID FUNERAL SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.154.htm#154.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"cd717d449644c8c2d8569e6292c4ad3b980bc7dbeff9659b3cc8a58c210d9fd8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-152.451","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}