Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 108.01 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ADVERTISING
DECEPTIVE, DISPARAGING, OR OTHERWISE UNLAWFUL ADVERTISING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A brewer or distributor directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not publish, disseminate, or cause to be published or disseminated by any medium enumerated in Subsection (b) an advertisement of a brewery product that:
(1) causes or is reasonably calculated to cause deception of the consumer with respect to the product advertised;
(2) directly or by ambiguity, omission, or inference tends to create a misleading impression;
(3) is untrue in any particular;
(4) disparages a competitor's product; or
(5) is obscene or indecent.
(b) The media covered by this section include:
(1) radio broadcasting;
(2) newspapers, periodicals, and other publications;
(3) signs and outdoor advertising; and
(4) any printed or graphic matter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 519, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (S.B. 1090), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 336, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.108.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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