# 7 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.21: 7 TAC § 25.21. Introduction to Joint Memorandum of Understanding

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## Section

- **Citation:** 7 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.21
- **Heading:** 7 TAC § 25.21. Introduction to Joint Memorandum of Understanding
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 7 BANKING AND SECURITIES / Part 2 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING / Chapter 25 PREPAID FUNERAL CONTRACTS / 7 TAC § 25.21

## Text

(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) outlines the responsibilities of each agency in regulating
 these services and transactions;
(2) establishes procedures to be used by each agency in referring
 complaints to one of the other agencies;
(3) establishes procedures to be used by each agency in investigating
 complaints;
(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) describes actions the agencies regard as deceptive trade
 practices;
(6) specifies the information the agencies provide consumers
 and when that information is to be provided; and
(7) sets the administrative penalties each agency imposes for
 violations.
(b) Any revisions to the joint memorandum of understanding
 will be adopted by rule by each agency.
(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).

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