Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 622.053 · Subchapter B. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER
ADVERTISEMENT OR INSERT IN MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER, OR CATALOG.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not apply to a sweepstakes conducted through an advertisement or insert in:
(1) a magazine or newspaper:
(A) that is a publication in which more than 40 percent of the total column inches in each issue consist of advertising space purchased by companies other than:
(i) the publisher;
(ii) an affiliate of the publisher; or
(iii) a vendor for the publisher or an affiliate; and
(B) that is a publication for which more than 50 percent of the total number of copies distributed of each issue are provided to customers who paid for the copy; or
(2) a catalog that is a promotional booklet listing merchandise for sale and that:
(A) is at least 24 pages long;
(B) has a circulation of at least 250,000; and
(C) either:
(i) requires customers to go to a physical location to purchase the advertised items; or
(ii) is published by a company that derives more than 50 percent of the company's total gross revenue from sales occurring at physical locations.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.622.htm
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- sha256 84225b6e7e5c78546cb46886997682c8078daf9216fc92c0664281a7802f7dba
- Composed by
- 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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