{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.408","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 154.408","heading":"CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.","body":"(a) The commissioner may issue a cease and desist order to a person if the commissioner finds by examination or other credible evidence that the person has violated a law of this state relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits, including a violation of this chapter or a final order of the commissioner or rule of the commission.\n(b) The order must state:\n(1) with reasonable certainty the grounds for the order; and\n(2) the effective date of the order.\n(c) The order shall be served on the person named in the order by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the person.\n(d) Except as provided by Section 154.4081, the order takes effect as proposed, except that the order may not take effect before the 16th day after the date the order is mailed unless the person named in the order requests a hearing not later than the 15th day after the date the order is mailed.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 867, Sec. 84, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (H.B. 3762), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 154. PREPAID FUNERAL SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER I. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL REMEDIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.154.htm#154.408","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"f2378e0398158c9c986a20fdedd6dd3c13dfcb3166af064bd9dca97e373da283","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.407","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.4081"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}