Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 116.016 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a licensee or registrant 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 licensee or registrant's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the licensee or registrant; or
(4) restricts the licensee or registrant's advertisement under a trade name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.116.htm
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