Tex. Occ. Code § 1001.604 · Subchapter M. ADVISORY OPINIONS

RELIANCE ON ADVISORY OPINION.

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

It is a defense to prosecution or to imposition of a civil penalty that a person reasonably relied on a written advisory opinion of the board relating to:

(1) the provision of the law the person is alleged to have violated; or

(2) a fact situation that is substantially similar to the fact situation in which the person is involved.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1001.htm
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