Sec. 651.455. FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS REGARDING FUNERAL MERCHANDISE OR FUNERAL, CEMETERY, OR CREMATORY SERVICES. (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(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 42(3).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 682, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 26, 42(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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