Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.026 · Subchapter B. DUTIES OF APP STORES
VIOLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The owner of an app store that operates in this state violates this subchapter if the owner:
(1) enforces a contract or a provision of a terms of service agreement against a minor that the minor entered into or agreed to without consent under Section 121.022;
(2) knowingly misrepresents information disclosed under Section 121.022(f)(1);
(3) obtains a blanket consent to authorize multiple downloads or purchases; or
(4) shares or discloses personal data obtained for purposes of Section 121.021, except as required by Section 121.024 or other law.
(b) The owner of an app store is not liable for a violation of Section 121.021 or 121.022 if the owner of the app store:
(1) uses widely adopted industry standards to:
(A) verify the age of each user as required by Section 121.021; and
(B) obtain parental consent as required by Section 121.022; and
(2) applies those standards consistently and in good faith.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 200 (S.B. 2420), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.121.V3.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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Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.021DUTY TO VERIFY AGE OF USER; AGE CATEGORIES.Printed as Section 121.021 | Section 121.021 or 121.022
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.022PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 121.021 or 121.022 | Section 121.022 | Section 121.022(f)(1)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.024INFORMATION FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS.Printed as Section 121.024
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