Tex. Gov't Code § 419.0225 · Subchapter B. REGULATING AND ASSISTING FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
CERTAIN RULES PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the commission may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the certificate holder; or
(4) restricts the certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1172, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.419.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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