Tex. Ins. Code § 6003.053 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT, AND STATE FIRE MARSHAL
RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by the holder of a license or registration certificate issued under this chapter except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) In the commissioner's rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the commissioner may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a license or registration certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or registration certificate holder; or
(4) restricts the license or registration certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1J.001, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.6003.htm
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