Sec. 154.358.  CLAIMS AGAINST FUND.  (a)  The payment of a claim or expense from the fund is a matter of privilege and not of right, and a person does not have a vested right in the fund as a beneficiary or otherwise.
(b)  A claim against the fund may be made by:
(1)  a purchaser of a prepaid funeral benefits contract;
(2)  a purchaser's estate;
(3)  a permit holder or funeral provider who assumes or performs a contract; or
(4)  a claimant for the benefit of a group of purchasers of prepaid funeral benefits contracts as part of a plan to arrange for another permit holder or funeral provider to assume the contract obligations.
(c)  An approved claim or expense relating to a trust-funded contract may be paid only from the fund's trust-funded contract account.  An approved claim or expense relating to an insurance-funded contract may be paid only from the fund's insurance-funded contract account.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (H.B. 3762), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 559 (H.B. 3004), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.