TITLE 22.EXAMINING BOARDS

Part 10. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION

Chapter 201. LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

22 TAC §201.19

The Texas Funeral Service Commission proposes new §201.19, Correspondence.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission proposes a new section to establish the requirement that all correspondence to an establishment or to the funeral director in charge shall be sent to the street address of the establishment as reflected on the license application.

O.C. "Chet" Robbins, Executive Director, Texas Funeral Service Commission, has determined that for the first five-year period this section is in effect there will be no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of enforcing or administering the section.

Mr. Robbins, Executive Director, Texas Funeral Service Commission, has determined that for each year or the first five years the public benefit will be to insure the public knows that all correspondence to an establishment or to the funeral director in charge shall be sent to the street address of the establishment as reflected on the license application. There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with the proposed section.

Comments on the new amendment may be submitted to O.C. "Chet" Robbins, Executive Director, Texas Funeral Service Commission, 510 South Congress Avenue, Suite 206, Austin, Texas, 78704, (512) 936-2474 or 1-888-667-4881. Comments may also be submitted electronically to crob@tfsc.state.tx.us or faxed to (512) 479-5064.

The new section is proposed under Section 651.152 of the Texas Occupation Code, as amended by Section 18 of House Bill 3516, 76th Legislature which authorizes the Commission to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effect the provisions of this Section.

No other statutes, articles, or codes are affected by the new amendment.

§201.19.Correspondence.

All correspondence to an establishment or to the funeral director in charge shall be sent to the street address of the establishment as reflected on the license application.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on December 29, 2000.

TRD-200009101

O.C. "Chet" Robbins

Executive Director

Texas Funeral Services Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: February 11, 2001

For further information, please call: (512) 936-2474