Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 102.101 · Subchapter C. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ON PREMISES OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
POSTING OF CERTAIN SIGN REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A sexually oriented business shall post by the sink area in each restroom on the premises one sign that directs a victim of human trafficking to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Except as provided by Subsection (c), the sign must be 11 inches by 17 inches in size.
(b) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the design, content, and manner of display of the sign required by this section. The sign must:
(1) be in both English and Spanish;
(2) include the telephone number and Internet website of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center; and
(3) include the contact information for reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety.
(c) The attorney general by rule may require the sign to:
(1) be in an additional language other than English or Spanish;
(2) be larger than 11 inches by 17 inches in size if the attorney general determines that a larger sign is appropriate; and
(3) include other information the attorney general considers necessary and appropriate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 280 (H.B. 3721), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.102.htm
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