Sec. 651.409. NOTICE TO NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER. 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.
Added 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.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2769), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.58, eff. May 18, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle L - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Chapter 651 - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Subchapter I. Practice by License Holder
Section 651.401. First Call; Removal of Body
Section 651.402. Relationship of Funeral Director to Funeral Establishment
Section 651.403. Designation of Funeral Director in Charge; Effect of Violation
Section 651.404. Consumer Brochure
Section 651.405. Retail Price List; Funeral Establishment
Section 651.4055. Retail Price List; Crematory
Section 651.406. Purchase Agreement; Funeral Establishment
Section 651.4065. Purchase Agreement; Crematory
Section 651.407. Use of Body by School of Mortuary Science
Section 651.408. Use of Cemetery and Crematory Services
Section 651.4085. Interment or Entombment
Section 651.409. Notice to Next of Kin of Deceased Peace Officer