Tex. Transp. Code § 643.156 · Subchapter D. ECONOMIC REGULATION
REGULATION OF ADVERTISING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may not by rule restrict competitive bidding or advertising by a motor carrier except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) A rule to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices may not:
(1) restrict the use of:
(A) any medium for an advertisement;
(B) a motor carrier's advertisement under a trade name; or
(C) a motor carrier's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement, if the motor carrier is an individual; or
(2) relate to the size or duration of an advertisement by a motor carrier.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.20(a), 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/TN/htm/TN.643.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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