Tex. Occ. Code § 1955.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a certified or accredited person except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) The executive commissioner may not include in the rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the use of a certified or accredited person's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the certified or accredited person; or
(4) restricts the certified or accredited person's advertisement under a trade name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.284, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1955.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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