Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.55 · Subchapter E. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If damages or civil penalties are assessed against the seller of goods or services for advertisements or promotional material in a suit filed under Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51 of this subchapter, the seller of the goods or services has a cause of action against a third party for the amount of damages or civil penalties assessed against the seller plus attorneys' fees on a showing that:
(1) the seller received the advertisements or promotional material from the third party;
(2) the seller's only action with regard to the advertisements or promotional material was to disseminate the material; and
(3) the seller has ceased disseminating the material.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 322, ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1973.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm
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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 § 17.47RESTRAINING ORDERS.Printed as Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.48DUTY OF DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTORNEY.Printed as Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.50RELIEF FOR CONSUMERS.Printed as Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51
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