Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 651.406. Purchase Agreement;  Funeral Establishment

(a) A purchase agreement must state:

(b) The purchase agreement must contain the following printed notice:  “Charges are only for those items that you selected or that are required.  If we are required by law or by a cemetery or crematory to use any items, we will explain the reasons in writing below.”

(c) The purchase agreement shall be signed by the funeral director making the arrangements.

(d) If the customer selects a package arrangement based on unit pricing, the itemization requirement is satisfied by providing a purchase agreement that itemizes the discount provided by the package arrangement.

(e) A funeral establishment that receives a dead human body transferred from another funeral establishment shall include in the purchase agreement any amount owed by the customer to the transferring funeral establishment.  The recipient funeral establishment shall remit to the transferring funeral establishment any amount collected on behalf of the transferring funeral establishment.