Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 106.004 · Chapter 106. INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT
DISCLOSURE BY PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and does not conduct a criminal background check on each member before permitting a Texas member to communicate through the provider with another member shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to all Texas members that the provider does not conduct criminal background checks, as described by Section 106.003.
(b) The disclosure required by this section must be stated in bold, capital letters, in at least 12-point type on the online dating service provider's Internet website.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 488), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.106.htm
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