Tex. Occ. Code § 1803.103 · Subchapter C. SOLICITATION RESTRICTIONS
PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In soliciting for a public safety entity or public safety publication, a person may not:
(1) use, unless authorized in writing by a public safety agency or public safety organization:
(A) any representation that implies that the contribution is for or on behalf of the agency or organization; or
(B) any emblem, device, or printed matter belonging to or associated with the agency or organization;
(2) use a name, symbol, or statement similar to a name, symbol, or statement used by a public safety agency or organization in a manner intended to confuse or mislead a person being solicited;
(3) knowingly represent or imply that the solicitation proceeds are being used for a purpose other than the purpose for which the funds are actually used;
(4) represent or imply that the solicitor is a peace officer or member of a public safety agency or public safety organization if the solicitor is not an officer or a member;
(5) use or exploit the fact of filing with the secretary of state in a manner leading a person to believe that filing, in any way, constitutes an endorsement by or approval of the state;
(6) knowingly file incomplete, false, or misleading information in a document required to be filed with the secretary of state under this chapter;
(7) solicit for a public safety entity or public safety publication, or represent that those responding affirmatively to the solicitation will receive favored treatment by public safety personnel;
(8) collect a contribution or membership fee solicited at a person's residence by an in-person or telephone solicitation by means other than payment through the United States mail or parcel post courier;
(9) solicit for a public safety organization in a county in which members of the organization do not have jurisdiction; or
(10) commit another unfair or deceptive act or practice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1803.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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