Tex. Occ. Code § 51.204 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) The commission may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a license holder a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the license holder's personal appearance or the use of the license holder's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement; or
(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 22, eff. June 14, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 1.014, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.51.htm
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