Tex. Occ. Code § 2154.053 · Subchapter B. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES
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 a license or permit holder under this chapter except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) The 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 holder's personal appearance or the use of a holder's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the holder; or
(4) restricts the holder's advertisement under a trade name.
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.2154.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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