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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 712.001. Definitions - Sec. 712.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) The definitions provided by Section 711.001...
Section 712.002. Exemptions From Chapter - Sec. 712.002. EXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply...
Section 712.003. Registration Required; Minimum Capital - Sec. 712.003. REGISTRATION REQUIRED; MINIMUM CAPITAL. (a) A perpetual care...
Section 712.0032. Certificate of Authority Requirement - Sec. 712.0032. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIREMENT. A corporation must hold...
Section 712.0033. Certificate of Authority Application; Fees - Sec. 712.0033. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY APPLICATION; FEES. (a) To obtain...
Section 712.0034. Qualifications for Certificate of Authority; Investigation - Sec. 712.0034. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; INVESTIGATION. (a) The...
Section 712.0035. Issuance of Certificate of Authority - Sec. 712.0035. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The commissioner...
Section 712.0036. Term of Certificate of Authority - Sec. 712.0036. TERM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The Finance...
Section 712.0037. Renewal of Certificate of Authority - Sec. 712.0037. RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. (a) As a...
Section 712.0038. Transfer or Assignment Prohibited - Sec. 712.0038. TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT PROHIBITED. A certificate of authority...
Section 712.0039. Transfer of Business Ownership; Change of Control - Sec. 712.0039. TRANSFER OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP; CHANGE OF CONTROL. (a)...
Section 712.00395. Surrender of Certificate of Authority; Fee - Sec. 712.00395. SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; FEE. (a) A...
Section 712.004. Perpetual Care Trust Fund Required - Sec. 712.004. PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND REQUIRED. (a) Before obtaining...
Section 712.005. Cancellation of Charter for Failure to Begin Operation of Perpetual Care Cemetery - Sec. 712.005. CANCELLATION OF CHARTER FOR FAILURE TO BEGIN OPERATION...
Section 712.007. Notice of Perpetual Care Required - Sec. 712.007. NOTICE OF PERPETUAL CARE REQUIRED. (a) A corporation...
Section 712.008. Rules - Sec. 712.008. RULES. (a) The Finance Commission of Texas may...
Section 712.009. Limitations on Burials; Damages - Sec. 712.009. LIMITATIONS ON BURIALS; DAMAGES. (a) The Finance Commission...
Subchapter B. Perpetual Care Trust Fund
Section 712.020. Conflict With Other Law - Sec. 712.020. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW. To the extent of...
Section 712.021. Establishment and Purposes of Fund - Sec. 712.021. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES OF FUND. (a) Except as...
Section 712.022. Operation of Perpetual Care Cemetery - Sec. 712.022. OPERATION OF PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY. A corporation authorized...
Section 712.023. Validity of Contributions - Sec. 712.023. VALIDITY OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A contribution to a fund...
Section 712.024. Amendment of Trust Instrument - Sec. 712.024. AMENDMENT OF TRUST INSTRUMENT. A corporation and the...
Section 712.025. Use of Fund Distributions - Sec. 712.025. USE OF FUND DISTRIBUTIONS. Fund distributions may be...
Section 712.0255. Judicial Modification or Termination of Fund - Sec. 712.0255. JUDICIAL MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF FUND. (a) The...
Section 712.026. Suit by Plot Owners to Maintain Perpetual Care - Sec. 712.026. SUIT BY PLOT OWNERS TO MAINTAIN PERPETUAL CARE....
Section 712.027. Investment of Fund - Sec. 712.027. INVESTMENT OF FUND. (a) A trustee shall invest...
Section 712.028. Amount of Fund Deposits From Sales - Sec. 712.028. AMOUNT OF FUND DEPOSITS FROM SALES. (a) A...
Section 712.029. Accounting for and Depositing Amounts - Sec. 712.029. ACCOUNTING FOR AND DEPOSITING AMOUNTS. (a) The part...
Section 712.030. Use of Gift for Special Care of Plot in Perpetual Care Cemetery - Sec. 712.030. USE OF GIFT FOR SPECIAL CARE OF PLOT...
Subchapter B. -1. Distributions From Fund
Section 712.0351. Definitions - Sec. 712.0351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Net income fund"...
Section 712.0352. Modification of Distribution Method - Sec. 712.0352. MODIFICATION OF DISTRIBUTION METHOD. (a) Except as otherwise...
Section 712.0353. Determination of Fair Market Value - Sec. 712.0353. DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE. (a) The trustee...
Section 712.0354. Determination of Total Return Percentage - Sec. 712.0354. DETERMINATION OF TOTAL RETURN PERCENTAGE. (a) Consistent with...
Section 712.0355. Regulatory Limits on Distributions - Sec. 712.0355. REGULATORY LIMITS ON DISTRIBUTIONS. (a) After notice and...
Section 712.0356. Rules - Sec. 712.0356. RULES. The Finance Commission of Texas may adopt...
Section 712.0357. Nature of Total Return Distributions - Sec. 712.0357. NATURE OF TOTAL RETURN DISTRIBUTIONS. (a) A distribution...
Subchapter C. Regulation and Enforcement
Section 712.041. Annual Statement of Funds - Sec. 712.041. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FUNDS. (a) A corporation shall...
Section 712.042. Fees - Sec. 712.042. FEES. On filing a statement of funds under...
Section 712.043. Additional Fund Report - Sec. 712.043. ADDITIONAL FUND REPORT. The commissioner may require, as...
Section 712.0435. Investigations - Sec. 712.0435. INVESTIGATIONS. The commissioner may: (1) conduct an investigation...
Section 712.044. Examination of Records; Examination Fees and Expenses - Sec. 712.044. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS; EXAMINATION FEES AND EXPENSES. (a)...
Section 712.0441. Enforcement - Sec. 712.0441. ENFORCEMENT. (a) After notice and opportunity for hearing,...
Section 712.0442. Pattern of Wilful Disregard - Sec. 712.0442. PATTERN OF WILFUL DISREGARD. (a) If, after a...
Section 712.0443. Cease and Desist Order - Sec. 712.0443. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER. (a) The commissioner may...
Section 712.0444. Emergency Order - Sec. 712.0444. EMERGENCY ORDER. (a) The commissioner may issue an...
Section 712.0445. Receivership Proceedings - Sec. 712.0445. RECEIVERSHIP PROCEEDINGS. (a) In conjunction with a proceeding...
Section 712.045. Revocation or Suspension of Certificate of Authority - Sec. 712.045. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. (a)...
Section 712.048. Criminal Penalties - Sec. 712.048. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person who is an...
Subchapter D. Sale of Undeveloped Mausoleum Space
Section 712.061. Offer and Sale of Undeveloped Mausoleum Space - Sec. 712.061. OFFER AND SALE OF UNDEVELOPED MAUSOLEUM SPACE. (a)...
Section 712.062. Deposits to Fund - Sec. 712.062. DEPOSITS TO FUND. This subchapter does not affect...
Section 712.063. Preconstruction Trust - Sec. 712.063. PRECONSTRUCTION TRUST. (a) Except as provided by Section...
Section 712.064. Construction; Default - Sec. 712.064. CONSTRUCTION; DEFAULT. (a) The corporation shall start construction...
Section 712.065. Release of Trust Funds to Corporation - Sec. 712.065. RELEASE OF TRUST FUNDS TO CORPORATION. (a) On...
Section 712.066. Contract Disclosures - Sec. 712.066. CONTRACT DISCLOSURES. (a) A sales contract for an...
Section 712.067. Bond in Lieu of Preconstruction Trust - Sec. 712.067. BOND IN LIEU OF PRECONSTRUCTION TRUST. (a) In...
Section 712.068. Reports - Sec. 712.068. REPORTS. On or before the date the corporation's...