Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.52 · Subchapter E. COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE
PREEMPTION OF OTHER LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The criteria for enforceability of a covenant not to compete provided by Sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in an action to enforce a covenant not to compete provided by Section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 816 (S.B. 1318), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.15.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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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50CRITERIA FOR ENFORCEABILITY OF COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE.Printed as Sections 15.50 and 15.501
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.501COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.Printed as Sections 15.50 and 15.501
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51PROCEDURES AND REMEDIES IN ACTIONS TO ENFORCE COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE.Printed as Section 15.51
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