Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.061 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES

NAME CONTAINING "LOTTO" OR "LOTTERY" PROHIBITED.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A filing entity, a foreign filing entity, or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that contains the word "lotto" or "lottery."

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 17, eff. June 1, 2022.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm
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