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(a) The payment of a claim or expense from the fund is a matter of privilege and not of right, and a person does not have a vested right in the fund as a beneficiary or otherwise.
(b) A claim against the fund may be made by:
(1) a purchaser of a prepaid funeral benefits contract;
(2) a purchaser's estate;
(3) a permit holder or funeral provider who assumes or performs a contract; or
(4) a claimant for the benefit of a group of purchasers of prepaid funeral benefits contracts as part of a plan to arrange for another permit holder or funeral provider to assume the contract obligations.
(c) An approved claim or expense relating to a trust-funded contract may be paid only from the fund's trust-funded contract account. An approved claim or expense relating to an insurance-funded contract may be paid only from the fund's insurance-funded contract account.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Finance Code - FIN § 154.358. Claims Against Fund - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/finance-code/fin-sect-154-358/
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