Bond Requirements For Certain Persons

Sec. 887.055. BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS. (a) In addition to the bond required by Section 887.054 and any other bond required by law, an association shall obtain a separate or blanket surety bond covering each other person who may have access to the association's mortuary funds. The bond must: (1) be issued by a surety authorized by the department to engage in business in this state; (2) be payable to the department for the use and benefit of the association; (3) obligate the principal and surety to pay any monetary loss sustained by the association through an act of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, or wilful misapplication by a covered person, whether acting alone or with other persons; and (4) be in an amount determined by the department of at least $1,000 but not more than $5,000. (b) Successive recoveries may be made on a bond under this section until the amount of the bond is exhausted. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.