{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.409","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.409","heading":"NOTICE TO NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER.","body":"A funeral director who prepares a deceased peace officer for burial or other disposition shall make every effort to advise the next of kin of the officer that the next of kin of a person who at the time of death was a peace officer or an honorably retired peace officer who voluntarily terminated employment with a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state is eligible on request to receive a state flag from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at no cost to the next of kin.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 476, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from Occupations Code Sec. 651.408 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(115), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2769), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.58, eff. May 18, 2013.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER I. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.409","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"aa9726187683acdf497ae6b36b05621be56d4edc9416732993d4cfb34dc5e5f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.4085","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}