1. (a) Occupations Code, §651.159 mandates the Texas Department of Banking, the Texas Funeral Service Commission, and the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt by rule a joint memorandum of understanding relating to prepaid funeral services and transactions that:

   1. (1) outlines the responsibilities of each agency in regulating these services and transactions;
   2. (2) establishes procedures to be used by each agency in referring complaints to one of the other agencies;
   3. (3) establishes procedures to be used by each agency in investigating complaints;
   4. (4) establishes procedures to be used by each agency in notifying the other agencies of a complaint or of the investigation of a complaint;
   5. (5) describes actions the agencies regard as deceptive trade practices;
   6. (6) specifies the information the agencies provide consumers and when that information is to be provided; and
   7. (7) sets the administrative penalties each agency imposes for violations.
2. (b) Any revisions to the joint memorandum of understanding will be adopted by rule by each agency.
3. (c) The joint memorandum of understanding entered into by the three agencies is found at §25.22 of this title (relating to Joint Memorandum of Understanding).

Source Note:The provisions of this §25.21 adopted to be effective September 21, 1993, 18 TexReg 5977; amended to be effective July 11, 2002, 27 TexReg 5963.